Constructing identities at work
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...
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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 subtle ways) in workplace discourse. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230272378, 2011. |
Carrier Form: | 264 p. |
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9780230272378 9780230360051 : 023036005X : |
CLC: | F406.13 |
Contents: | List of Tables Foreword-- F.Bargiela-Chiappini Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Investigating the Negotiation of Identity: A View From the Field of Workplace Discourse-- M.Marra & J.Angouri PART I: LEADERSHIP IDENTITY IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS Leadership Style in Managers' Feedback in Meetings-- J.Svennevig Be(Com)Ing a Leader: A Case Study of Coa'Constructing Professional Identities at Work-- S.Schnurr & O.Zayts Chairing International Business Meetings: Investigating Humour and Leadership Style in the Workplace-- P.Rogersona'Revell 'OK One Last Thing for Today Then': Constructing Identities in Corporate Meeting Talk-- J.Angouri & M.Marra PART II: RHETORIC, EXPERTISE AND IDEOLOGY IN IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION 'Hard-Working, Team-Oriented Individuals': Constructing Professional Identities in Corporate Mission Statements-- V.Koller 'Yes Then I Will Tell You Maybe a Little about the Procedure'- Constructing Professional Identity Where There is Not Yet a Profession: The Case of Business Coaching-- E-M.Graf PART III: PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIES IN INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS Teachers, Students and Ways of Telling in Classroom Sites: A Case of Out of(Work)Place Identities-- A.Georgakopoulou Identity-Work in Appellate Oral Argument: Ideological Identities within a Professional One-- K.Tracy Engaging Identities: Personal Disclosure and Professional Responsibility-- K.Richards 'We Are Not There. In Fact Now We Will Go To the Garden To Take The Rain': Researcher Identity And The Observer's Paradox-- A.De Fina Index. |