Leadership Discourse at Work: Interactions of Humour, Gender and Workplace Culture
Author:   S. Schnurr
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2009
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9781349300013


Pages:   161
Publication Date:   01 January 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Leadership Discourse at Work: Interactions of Humour, Gender and Workplace Culture


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Employing a discourse analytical approach this book focuses on the under-researched strategy of humour to illustrate how discursive performances of leadership are influenced by gender and workplace culture. Far from being a superfluous strategy that distracts from business, humour performs a myriad of important functions in the workplace context.

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Author:   S. Schnurr
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2009
Weight:   0.232kg
ISBN:  

9781349300013


ISBN 10:   1349300012
Pages:   161
Publication Date:   01 January 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Transcription Conventions Introduction Transactional Aspects of Leadership Discourse: Humour and Getting Things Done The 'Other' Side of Leadership Discourse: Humour and the Performance of Relational Leadership Activities Doing Leadership in Context: The Impact of Working Groups Leadership, Humour and Workplace Culture Balancing Leader and Gender Identities Conclusion Notes References Index

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STEPHANIE SCHNURR is Assistant Professor at the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. Her main research interest is the sociolinguistic and discursive performance of leadership and gender at work, and in particular the multiple functions and strategic uses of humour in workplace discourse.  

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