Conversational identity work in everyday interaction

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-38

  McInnes, Peter ^a   Corlett, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Identity; Identity work; Interaction; Meetings; Organizational talk; Positioning; Social obligations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857441443     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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