Constructing leader identities through teasing at work

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1125-1138

  Schnurr, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CofP; Humour; Identity construction; Leadership; Teasing; Workplace discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149124216     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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