Winning an interviewer's trust in a gatekeeping encounter

Language in Society

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-57

  Kerekes, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comembership; Cross cultural communication; Cross talk; Employment interviews; Gatekeeping encounters; Institutional discourse; Intercultural communication; Interlan guage pragmatics; Rapport

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644907154     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404506060027     Document Type: Review

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