Language And Culture At Work Av Stephanie (University Of Warwick Uk) Schnurr, Olga (The University Of Hong Kong Hong Kong) Zayts

<I><P>Language and Culture at Work</I> provides an overview of the complex role that culture plays in workplace contexts. Eight chapters cover the core aspects of culture at work, comprisin</P><P></P><UL><P><LI>Face and politeness</LI><P></P><P><LI>Decision making</LI><P></P><P><LI>Leadership</LI><P></P><P><LI>Identity</LI><P></P><P><LI>Gender</LI><P></P><P><LI>Work-life balance</LI><P></P></UL><P></P><P>The authors draw on a significant corpus of authentic workplace data collected in numerous professional and medical settings involving participants from a variety of different socio-cultural backgrounds (including Chinese, Filipino, Indian, British, Dutch, Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Australian). Using in-depth analyses of authentic interactions and interviews, the book proposes a new integrated framework for researching culture at work from a sociolinguistic perspective. </P><P>This is key reading for researchers and recommended for those working in the areas of sociolinguistics, commu