Bio

My research aims to contribute to inclusion, sustainability and multiculturalism from the bottom up, through individual and/or small-group endeavours. I explore these goals in two different research areas. 

The first one focuses on promoting multilingualism in multicultural families. I primarily work with immigrant families and teachers working in multilingual/multicultural classrooms, examining family language policy. The second research area is more deeply entrenched in intercultural (business) communication. I collaborate with business professionals and changemakers to investigate how they navigate their communication to create resilient and sustainable cultures in organizations. 

Some topics and keywords related to my research include: 

  • Family language policy
  • Educational partnerships 
  • Language socialization
  • Intercultural (business) communication
  • Changemaking communications
  • Cultural resilience and sustainability
  • Changemakers in inclusive societies

 

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Recent publications

  1. Intercultural Communication - Hampering and Facilitating Factors in I…

    Devjak, I., Bezcioğlu-Göktolga, I., Sabidussi, A., & Smeets, R. (2023). Intercultural Communication: Hampering and Facilitating Factors in International Business. Journal of Intercultural Management, 15(2), 21-44.
  2. Intergenerational differences in family language policy of Turkish fa…

    Bezcioglu-Goktolga, I., & Yagmur, K. (2022). Intergenerational differences in family language policy of Turkish families in the Netherlands. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 43(9), 891-906.
  3. Family Language Policy: Children’s Perspectives Sonia Wilson (2020)

    Bezcioğlu-Göktolga, I. (2022). Family Language Policy: Children’s Perspectives Sonia Wilson (2020). Sociolinguistic Studies, 16(2-3), 389-393.
  4. The Interaction between family language policy and educators in early…

    Bezcioğlu-Göktolga, I. (2022). The Interaction between family language policy and educators in early language education. In M. Schwartz (Ed.), Handbook of Early Language Education (pp. 545-566)
  5. Cultural Challenges in Irish-Dutch Business Relations

    Bezcioğlu-Göktolga, I., Devjak, I., Smeets, R., & Sabidussi, A. (2021). Cultural Challenges in Irish-Dutch Business Relations.

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