Creative Metaphor, Evaluation, and Emotion in Conversations about Work

Acknowledgements, 1. Chapter 1 "I'm sort of running on this soapy conveyor belt with people throwing wet sponges at me and I've got this sodding great elastic band attached to my back", Why look at creative metaphor, evaluation, and emotion in conversations about work?, The role played by metaphor in the sharing of emotional experiences, Are creative or conventional metaphors more likely to be used for evaluation?, Is (creative) metaphor more likely to be used for positive or negative evaluation?, Previous studies of the role played by metaphor in the workplace, and the approach taken in this study, A final (but important) comment on the nature of 'creative metaphor', The context of the study, Research questions, 2. Chapter 2 "I'm surprised anybody can hear anything going on for the crashing of all of these elephants in the room": Methodology and taxonomy of creative metaphor types, Introduction, Participants and interview procedure, Procedure used for the identification of metaphor, Procedure used for the identification of creative uses of metaphor and taxonomy of creative uses of metaphor, Procedure used for the identification of positive and negative evaluation, Conclusion, 3. Chapter 3 "She did the traditional sort of chuck it all up in the air, so get all the deckchairs and throw them up in the air, cause chaos for a year and a half and then leave": To what extent are creative metaphors used to perform evaluation and how do creative and conventional metaphors relate to one another?, Introduction, To what extent is metaphor used to express evaluation in conversations about work? Is the use of metaphor more likely to be associated with positive or negative evaluation? And do creative and conventional metaphor differ in terms of the extent to which they express (positive or negative) evaluation?, Which metaphors were used to perform what kinds of evaluation, and how were they employed?, Conclusion, 4. Chapter 4 Conclusion: "As people rotate round, some will spin off the merry-go-round and shoot off back to the private sector", Conclusion