This edited collection presents cutting edge research on the process of identity construction in professional and institutional contexts, from corporate workplaces, to courtrooms, classrooms, and academia. The chapters consider how interactants do identity work and how identity is indexed (often in
Constructing Identities at Work
โ Scribed by Jo Angouri, Meredith Marra (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 260
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Investigating the Negotiation of Identity: A View from the Field of Workplace Discourse....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Leadership Style in Managersโ Feedback in Meetings....Pages 17-39
Be(com)ing a Leader: A Case Study of Co-Constructing Professional Identities at Work....Pages 40-60
Chairing International Business Meetings: Investigating Humour and Leadership Style in the Workplace....Pages 61-84
โOK one last thing for today thenโ: Constructing Identities in Corporate Meeting Talk....Pages 85-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
โHard-working, team-oriented individualsโ: Constructing Professional Identities in Corporate Mission Statements....Pages 103-126
โYes then I will tell you maybe a little bit about the procedureโ โ Constructing Professional Identity where there is not yet a Profession: The Case of Executive Coaching....Pages 127-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Teachers, Students and Ways of Telling in Classroom Sites: A Case of Out-of-(Work) Place Identities....Pages 151-174
Identity-Work in Appellate Oral Argument: Ideological Identities within a Professional One....Pages 175-199
Engaging Identities: Personal Disclosure and Professional Responsibility....Pages 200-222
โWe are not there. In fact now we will go to the garden to take the rainโ: Researcher Identity and the Observerโs Paradox....Pages 223-245
Back Matter....Pages 246-248
โฆ Subjects
Sociolinguistics; Discourse Analysis; Applied Linguistics; Management; Language Teaching; Communication Studies
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