Disagreeing without being disagreeable: Negotiating workplace communities as an outsider

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1580-1590

  Marra, Meredith ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community of Practice; Disagreement; Normative constraints; Skilled migrants; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866284938     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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