Conversational use of genres in managerial meetings

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-296

  Lehtinen, Esa ^a   Pälli, Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conversation; Discourse; Genre; Genre knowledge; Managerial work; Meeting interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051578677     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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