Leadership Discourse at Work: Interactions of Humour, Gender and Workplace Culture

Schnurr, S.

ISBN 10: 0230201806 / ISBN 13: 9780230201804

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leadership Discourse at Work: Interactions of Humour, Gender and Workplace Culture
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230201806
• ISBN 13: 9780230201804
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Employing a discourse analytical approach this book focuses on the under-researched strategy of humour to illustrate how discursive performances of leadership are influenced by gender and workplace culture. Far from being a superfluous strategy that distracts from business, humour performs a myriad of important functions in the workplace context.

About the Author

STEPHANIE SCHNURR is Assistant Professor at the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. Her main research interest is the sociolinguistic and discursive performance of leadership and gender at work, and in particular the multiple functions and strategic uses of humour in workplace discourse.