Özet:

In this study, the linguistic development of the discipline of management and organization from the 1950s to the 1980s was examined through document analysis of selected textbooks. It has been questioned whether the languages used by authors representing different institutions in their works published at different dates have changed over time. In the analyses conducted, it was found that the authors faced two challenges, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, both in the creation of the field of business and in the language of the discipline of management and organization: the first was to find an answer to the terms originating from the West that had no exact equivalent in the Turkish language. The second was to try to establish a language for the discipline under the influence of the language debates in Türkiye, which depended on political developments. It is observed that the authors developed the following attitude regarding their relationship with the language: (a) restoration of the Turkish language as a whole and the language of the discipline in particular; (b) only attempting to establish the language of discipline; (c) prioritizing understandability without making any claims on the language; (d) those who want to use Turkish effectively as it is without any linguistic concerns. Since the language issue is also an ideological debate, evidence has been found that the authors' approach to the language has changed in light of periodic political developments. The most common aspect of all the authors is that they are more tolerant of terms of Western origin than of old Turkish words. It has been observed that since the 1980s, the language problem has begun to move beyond the ideological realm. However, as a reflection of the political tensions generated by language, it was concluded that there is still a long way to go to mature the language of the discipline and ensure linguistic integrity.