Saying it with feeling: Analysing speakable emotions

Human Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-352

  Coupland, Christine ^a,b   Brown, Andrew D ^c,d,e,f   Daniels, Kevin ^g   Humphreys, Michael ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b British Academy of Management Special Interest Group in Identity

^c CHRIST CHURCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^g LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Emotion further education; Language; Manager; Role

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849083666     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708088997     Document Type: Article

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