| Description |
1 online resource (169 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Language and culture at work. An introduction; Introduction; So, what is 'culture'?; Researching 'culture' at work; Our corpus; Brief outline of the book; 2 Making it work. Negotiating face and politeness at work; Introduction; Face and politeness and first-order notions of culture; Face and politeness at work; Face and politeness and second-order culture in action; Discussion; 3 The complexities of decision making. A question of culture1?; Introduction |
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Decision making and 'culture' -- a brief look at the literatureDecision making in action; Discussion; 4 Leadership. A 'cultural' activity?; Introduction; Conceptualising leadership; Leadership and 'culture'; Leadership in action; Discussion; 5 Moving beyond stereotypes. Constructing and negotiating identities at work; Introduction; Constructing and negotiating identities; Mobilising cultural1 categories when constructing identities; Mobilising company membership as an important aspect of professional identity; Orienting to the interactional context; Discussion |
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6 Gender. The interplay between the 'local' and the 'global'Introduction; What is gender and why is it relevant at work?; Local practices; Discussion; 7 Work-life balance. Juggling different expectations; Introduction; Issues of work-life balance in Hong Kong; The (perceived) role of culture1; Interactional evidence of work-life balance issues; Actively negotiating work-life balance. A case study; Discussion; 8 Understanding language and 'culture' at work. Taking stock and looking ahead; Introduction; Taking stock; Looking ahead; Appendix; Index |
| Summary |
This book provides an overview of the complex role that culture plays in workplace contexts. In eight chapters, the authors cover the core aspects of culture at work from making decisions and negotiating power to gender and identity. Drawing on insights from a range of studies, they propose a new integrated framework for researching culture at work from a sociolinguistic perspective, and they apply it to the significant corpus of authentic workplace data they have collected from numerous settings in the UK, Hong Kong and New Zealand. This is key reading for researchers and recommended for advanced students of workplace and intercultural communication, sociolinguistics and discourse studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Intercultural communication.
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Language in the workplace.
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Multilingualism.
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Diversity in the workplace.
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Communication in organizations.
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Communication in organizations
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Diversity in the workplace
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Intercultural communication
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Language in the workplace
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Multilingualism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zayts, Olga
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| ISBN |
9781134892310 |
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1134892314 |
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