Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Women Speaking Up: Getting and Using Turns in Workplace Meetings (Palgrave Studies in Professional and Organizational Discourse)
Cecilia E. Ford
€ 62.36
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Women Speaking Up: Getting and Using Turns in Workplace Meetings (Palgrave Studies in Professional and Organizational Discourse)
Hardcover. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 425.
Countering popular myths of women's deficiencies in communicating in traditionally male professions, the author uses women's talk to illustrate the interactional skills required to contribute effectively to workplace meetings, and presents new insights on the organization of talk in meetings while celebrating women's clear competence.
Countering popular myths of women's deficiencies in communicating in traditionally male professions, the author uses women's talk to illustrate the interactional skills required to contribute effectively to workplace meetings, and presents new insights on the organization of talk in meetings while celebrating women's clear competence.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Communicating in Professions and Organizations
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403987228
SKU
V9781403987228
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Cecilia E. Ford
CECILIA E. FORD is Professor, College of Letters and Science, English Department and Women's Studies Program at University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. Her research focuses on language as an interactional phenomenon, drawing on conversation analysis as a framework for discovering the ways that humans construct, on a moment-by-moment basis, the social orders that make up our lives - including the provisional ... Read more
Reviews for Women Speaking Up: Getting and Using Turns in Workplace Meetings (Palgrave Studies in Professional and Organizational Discourse)
"Cecilia Ford's Women Speaking Up is a refreshing look at the linguistic competency of women in the workplace...In what could otherwise be a daunting array of research participants and transcripts, the book makes excellent use of organizational keys, typographical indicators, and line drawings to organize data and help the reader follow along. This is thoughtful, nuanced, sophisticated work that avoids ... Read more