Narratives in the workplace: Facts, fictions, and canonicity

Text and Talk

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-376

  Fasulo, Alessandra ^a,b   Zucchermaglio, Cristina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canonicity; Conversational narrative; Expert knowledge; Fictional narrative; Participation structure; Workplace interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449094991     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2008.017     Document Type: Review

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