Women Speaking Up : Getting and Using Turns in Workplace Meetings /

Countering popular myths of women's deficiencies in communicating in traditionally male professions, the author uses women's talk to illustrate the interactional skills required to contribute effectively to workplace meetings, and presents new insights on the organization of talk in meetin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ford, Cecilia E. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:	Palgrave studies in professional and organizational discourse.
Subjects:	Linguistics. Applied Linguistics. Communication Studies. Corporate Communication/Public Relations. Discourse Analysis. Gender Studies. Sociolinguistics. Applied linguistics. Communication. Discourse analysis. Gender expression. Gender identity. Public relations. Sex (Psychology) Sociology. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Countering popular myths of women's deficiencies in communicating in traditionally male professions, the author uses women's talk to illustrate the interactional skills required to contribute effectively to workplace meetings, and presents new insights on the organization of talk in meetings while celebrating women's clear competence.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (XI, 202 pages)
ISBN:	9780230582187
DOI:	10.1057/9780230582187