Department of Management, Society and Communication

Robert Phillipson receives the 2024 TESOL President’s Award

MSC Professor Emeritus Robert Phillipson has received the 2024 Presidential Award of the TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) International Association in the USA.

This was in ‘recognition of his seminal work on linguistic imperialism, linguistic discrimination and language policy, which paved the way for a critical focus in English Language Teaching (ELT), and for his work on linguistic human rights with Dr. Tove Skutnabb- Kangas.’ His acceptance speech is here.

Robert Phillipson was awarded the UNESCO Linguapax prize in 2008. In an online seminar at the UN in December 2023, commemorating 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, he assessed how languages worldwide are faring. On which, see the first ever Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights, that Tove and Robert edited for Wiley-Blackwell.

For more information, please contact Robert Phillipson, rp.msc@cbs.dk.

MSC scholar Leonie Decrinis gains her PhD degree

Do nudges work in organisations? Which of them are most successful in fostering employee behaviour change in support of corporate sustainability? What mechanisms underlie their effectiveness? These are key questions addressed and explored by Leonie Decrinis in her PhD thesis entitled Nudging in the Workplace: Exploring a Micro-level Approach Towards Corporate Sustainability. Leonie successfully defended her thesis on 8 April 2024.

Comprising three papers with distinct research objectives and methodologies, the thesis focuses on micro-level organisational dynamics and assesses the application of nudging as a managerial approach to encourage behaviour change in support of corporate

sustainability. The thesis delves into the drivers and mechanisms of employee decision-making, highlighting how nudges can influence workplace behaviour through adjustments in the organisational context. It suggests diverse avenues for using nudges to target cognitive and non-cognitive drivers of employee sustainable behaviour, such as awareness and reflection, accountability, habits and emotions.

Moving forward, the thesis underscores the significance of integrating nudges with traditional people management initiatives to effectively navigate the complex landscape of decision-making in the workplace.

For more information about the project, please contact Leonie Decrinis, lde.msc@cbs.dk.

The Department of Management, Society and Communication

The department came into existence on 1 January 2017 as a result of the merger of the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management and the Department of International Business Communication. Read about MSC's research profile here and about it's research-based education here.

MSC is located in the Dalgas Have part of the CBS campus. As one of CBS' largest departments, it occupies most of the second floor of the building.