Culture, Discourse, and the Workplace

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-415-52395-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 537 g

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BAAL BOOK PRIZE*

Culture, Discourse, and the Workplace brings new theoretical and methodological insights to the complex relationship between language, culture, and identity in professional settings. Examining the politics of language use at work via a critical sociolinguistic approach, this book:

- Utilises three case studies from institutional and business contexts to provide a unique illustration of participants’ roles and ways of negotiating membership within the business meeting;

- Questions essentialist meanings of culture and the ways in which they constitute a powerful resource for employees to perpetuate or challenge the status quo in their professional setting;

- Includes a core section on methodology for the workplace discourse researcher as well as a section dedicated to FAQs and a worked example on data analysis;

- Provides future directions for workplace sociolinguistics as a field and makes a case for holistic research and multidisciplinary enquiry.

Culture, Discourse, and the Workplace constitutes a key resource for students and teachers of intercultural communication and ESP and will also be of significant interest to researchers in the fields of workplace studies and business interaction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Angouri, Jo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: TALKING ‘CULTURE’ AT WORK

PART I: A PRISMATIC VIEW OF CULTURE

CHAPTER 2: CULTURE, POWERFUL METAPHORS, AND COTERMINOUS NOTIONS

CHAPTER 3: ASPECTS OF THE MODERN WORKPLACE

PART II: DOING RESEARCH IN INTERCULTURAL PROFESSIONAL SETTINGS

CHAPTER 4: WORKPLACE DISCOURSE: ISSUES OF THEORY AND METHOD

CHAPTER 5: TRICKS OF THE TRADE: Q&As ON DOING RESEARCH IN THE WORKPLACE

PART III: DOING CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN WORKPLACE INTERACTION

CHAPTER 6: CULTURAL IDENTITY AND THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE REVISITED

CHAPTER 7: GROUP IDENTITY, TEAMWORK AND MEETING TALK

CHAPTER 8: CASE STUDIES

CHAPTER 9. CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Jo Angouri is a Professor at the University of Warwick, UK and Visiting Distinguished Professor at Aalto University, School of Business, Helsinki, Finland.