
Getting Things Done at Work
The discourse of power in workplace interaction
Bernadette Vine(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 24. June 2004
Book
Hardback
278 pages
978-90-272-5366-8 (ISBN)
Description
The linguistic study of workplace language is a new and exciting area of research. This book explores the expression of power in a New Zealand workplace through examination of 52 everyday interactions between four women and their colleagues. The main focus of this research is the expression of three types of "control acts", i.e., directives, requests and advice. The women include two managers who demonstrate an interactive participative style of management. They tend to minimise rather than exert power, although their status is still evident in their speech. The study is original in its combination of a quantitative and a qualitative approach, as well as in its combination of a detailed categorisation of head acts and an analysis of context and role relationships. Through the design of the study and the methodology used, the results which are brought forward challenge earlier research both on power and control acts. The data analyzed is drawn from the Wellington Language in the Workplace Project.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 154 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-5366-8 (9789027253668)
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Content
1. Acknowledgments; 2. 1. Introduction; 3. 2. Directives, requests and advice; 4. 3. Identifying control acts; 5. 4. Analysis of control act head acts; 6. 5. Modification of control act head acts; 7. 6. Exploring control acts in context; 8. 7. Control acts between Managers and their staff; 9. 8. Managers and power in the workplace; 10. 9. Language and power between equals; 11. Appendix A. Transcription conventions; 12. Appendix B. Main interaction purpose and word counts; 13. Appendix C. Directive head acts; 14. Appendix D. Request head acts; 15. Appendix E. Advice head acts; 16. Notes; 17. References; 18. Author Index; 19. Subject Index