UNESCO organized a conference on "Multilingualism for Cultural Diversity and Participation of All in Cyberspace" in Bamako, Mali, on May 6 and 7, 2005, in partnership with the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), and the Government of Mali, as well as other international organizations.
This meeting aimed to prepare the second phase of the World Summit of the Society of Information (held in Tunis, Tunisia, 16 to 18 of November 2005).
The other part, the phenomenon of globalization produces exchanges which requires the management of different languages at the nodes of interconnection (airports, parking lots, ...).
Many international enterprises are bringing about, in a strategic move toward internationalization, changing the language of work in all or part of their activities.
The language of home (mother tongue) is keeping a definite importance in the direction of this lingua franca.
[3] It has been theorized that speaking in a second language can be highly demanding for organization members cause strain on the individual (Volk, Köhler, & Pudelko, 2014).
[4] Language management has been found to work differently in face-to-face settings compared to virtual teams (Klitmøller & Lauring, 2013).