Gendered discourse in the professional workplace

• Main Author: Mullany, Louise.
• Corporate Author: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
• Series: Palgrave studies in professional and organizational discourse.
• Subjects: Communication in organizations > Sex differences.; Communication in management > Sex differences.; Sex discrimination against women.; Sociolinguistics.; Critical discourse analysis > Case studies.; Business enterprises > Case studies. > Great Britain; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.; Sprachverhalten.; Arbeitsplatz.; Geschlechterrolle.; Englisch.; Electronic books.
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Despite the inroads that women have made into the professions in recent years, the glass ceiling is just as persistent as ever. Gendered Discourse in the Professional Workplace aims to investigate the crucial role that gendered discourses play in perpetuating workplace gender inequalities. A range o...

Table of Contents:

• Transcription Conventions
• The Professional Workplace as a Research Site
• Gender Discourses: A Critical Sociolinguistic Approach
• Collecting Workplace Data
• Analysing Workplace Interaction
• The Retail Company
• The Manufacturing Company
• Gendered Work: Ideologies and Stereotypes in Action
• Towards the Future: Breaking the Stereotypes of Gendered work.