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Leadership Discourse at Work: Interactions of Humour, Gender and Workplace Culture 1st ed. 2009 Edition
Author(s): S. Schnurr (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2009
- Edition: 1st ed. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 173 pages
- ISBN-10: 1349300012
- ISBN-13: 9781349300013
Book Description
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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About the Author
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.
