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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162818903321

Autore

Schnurr Stephanie

Titolo

Language and Culture at Work / / by Stephanie Schnurr and Olga Zayts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2017

ISBN

1-134-89238-1

1-315-54178-5

1-134-89231-4

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

302.35

Soggetti

Corporate culture

Work environment

Communication in organizations

Diversity in the workplace

Intercultural communication

Language in the workplace

Multilingualism

Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Language and culture at work. An introduction -- 2. Making it work. Negotiating face and politeness at work -- 3. The complexities of decision making. A question of culture1? -- --4. Leadership. A cultural activity? -- --5. Moving beyond stereotypes. Constructing and negotiating identities at work -- --6. Gender. The interplay between the local and the global -- --7. Work-life balance. Juggling different expectations -- --8. Understanding language and culture at work. Taking stock and looking ahead -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

Language and Culture at Work provides an overview of the complex role that culture plays in workplace contexts. Eight chapters cover the core aspects of culture at work, comprising: Face and politeness, Decision making, Leadership, Identity, Gender,Work-life balance. The authors draw on a significant corpus of authentic workplace data



collected in numerous professional and medical settings involving participants from a variety of different socio-cultural backgrounds (including Chinese, Filipino, Indian, British, Dutch, Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Australian) Using in-depth analyses of authentic interactions and interviews, the book proposes a new integrated framework for researching culture at work from a sociolinguistic perspective. This is key reading for researchers and recommended for those working in the areas of sociolinguistics, communication studies, discourse analysis and applied linguistics. It will be of particular interest to students of professional and workplace communication, intercultural communication and intercultural pragmatics.