Hi Vincient,

I can say that there is a correlation in Japan.  However, the English ability of the country is lower than one might expect.  Primarily, my research shows that students at a young at have not had the proper training and opportunities to speak English.  Therefore, their speaking ability is low and this often limits their opportunities for upward mobility. (see my research in Sage).

Hi,

Please follow this link as this might answer your question.

www.hbr.org/2012/05/global-business-speaks-english

Grant and Nisha,

Thank you so much for your responses.

Grant, do you have a link to your research?

Nisha, very interesting source. Thanks for the link.

Vincient

Sir

Thank you for the interest and appreciation for the links shared. I am still in the process of completion of my research and will share the link.

Nisha