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The Speaking as Women Leaders. Meetings in Middle Eastern and Western Contexts.
Judith Baxter
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Description for The Speaking as Women Leaders. Meetings in Middle Eastern and Western Contexts.
Hardback. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; JFSJ; KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
This book offers new insights on how senior business women in Middle Eastern and Western companies use language for effective leadership in their respective management meetings. The book explores six case studies of women leaders, three in UK companies and three in a Bahraini company. The authors analyse meeting and transcript data to show that, in both cultural contexts, the women negotiate a range of gendered discourses such as ‘hierarchy and status’ and ‘masculinisation’ in order to manage their teams with authority and skill. The book challenges received wisdom about the opportunities and constraints each cultural context offers women in ... Read more
This book offers new insights on how senior business women in Middle Eastern and Western companies use language for effective leadership in their respective management meetings. The book explores six case studies of women leaders, three in UK companies and three in a Bahraini company. The authors analyse meeting and transcript data to show that, in both cultural contexts, the women negotiate a range of gendered discourses such as ‘hierarchy and status’ and ‘masculinisation’ in order to manage their teams with authority and skill. The book challenges received wisdom about the opportunities and constraints each cultural context offers women in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137506207
SKU
V9781137506207
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Judith Baxter
Judith Baxter is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at Aston University, UK. She has published a number of influential monographs including Double-voicing at Work: Power, Gender and Linguistic Expertise (2014), The Language of Female Leadership (2010) and Positioning Gender in Discourse: A Feminist Methodology (2003). Her work regularly features in the media. Haleema Al A'ali is Assistant Professor at the ... Read more
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