Leadership Discourse at Work : Interactions of Humour, Gender and Workplace Culture /

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...

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Main Author:	Schnurr, Stephanie (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Communication Studies. Corporate Communication/Public Relations. Discourse Analysis. Gender Studies. Linguistics, general. Sociolinguistics. Communication. Discourse analysis. Gender expression. Gender identity. Linguistics. Public relations. Sex (Psychology) Social sciences. Sociology. Electronic books.
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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (XII, 161 pages)
ISBN:	9780230594692
DOI:	10.1057/9780230594692