Fitting stories into boxes: Rhetorical and textual constraints on candidates' performances in British job interviews

Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-73

  Roberts, Celia ^a   Campbell, Sarah ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnic minorities; Job interviews; Narrative; Organisations; Textualisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249177147     PISSN: 14797887     EISSN: 17431743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/japl.2005.2.1.45     Document Type: Article

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