Identity Struggles

Evidence from workplaces around the world

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This collection provides a kaleidoscopic view of a range of identity struggles in the workplace context. It features twenty-two case studies that present an eclectic mix of workplaces in different socio-cultural contexts. They include, among others, household workers in Peru and Hong Kong, female professionals in India and the UK, social workers in Botswana and on Canadian reserves, tourist guides in Europe and construction workers in New Zealand. The volume addresses important questions on professional competence, group membership, (sometimes competing) expectations, and identity boundaries. The chapters establish that identity struggles are a reflection of issues of knowledge, competing norms and attempts for social change.
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Identity Struggles offers a refined view of how interactants negotiate their roles in the workplace. Generally following a constructivist approach to identity construction, it draws on a rich set of methodological and theoretical approaches and offers insights derived from the study of an impressive range of cultural and linguistic contexts. It is a must-read for scholars of workplace interaction and analysts interested in the intricate interplay of language and action resulting in interpersonal effects.”
“The reader should be assured that the investment required in terms of time will pay dividends in terms of knowledge gained. The volume is one to which the reader will continually return as there is much to be gleaned from the individual chapters. The book is delivered in such a way that it does not presuppose detailed knowledge of identity research. Therefore, both novice as well as seasoned researchers will find this volume beneficial. In closing, the editors and contributors alike should be congratulated for enriching the field of identity research with such a rich mine of inspirational ideas, methods, and analytical tools.”
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Holmgreen, Lise-Lotte
2024. Narrating organisational identity. Narrative Inquiry 34:1  pp. 30 ff. DOI logo
Darics, Erika & Jonathan Clifton
2023. Tracking the Identity of the Organisation via Twitter: Metadiscourse Analysis. In Organisation, Communication and Language [New Perspectives in Organizational Communication, ],  pp. 105 ff. DOI logo
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2023. Workplace communication in flux: from discrete languages, text genres and conversations to complex communicative situations. Applied Linguistics Review 14:4  pp. 679 ff. DOI logo
Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew
2022. Identity Conflicts and Negotiations: Narratives of Asian International Students’ Experiences in Hong Kong. Journal of Intercultural Studies 43:5  pp. 639 ff. DOI logo
Tranekjær, Louise, Brian L Due & Mie Femø Nielsen
2022. Constructing and negotiating the professional identity of ‘leader’ by suggesting and challenging improvement of professional practices: Deontics in a four-part sequential structure. Discourse Studies 24:5  pp. 640 ff. DOI logo
Marra, Meredith & Shelley Dawson
2021. Workplace and Institutional Discourse. In The Cambridge Handbook of Sociopragmatics,  pp. 475 ff. DOI logo
Clifton, Jonathan, Dorien Van De Mieroop, Prachee Sehgal & Aneet
2018. The multimodal enactment of deontic and epistemic authority in Indian meetings. Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) 28:3  pp. 333 ff. DOI logo
Van De Mieroop, Dorien, Marlene Miglbauer & Abha Chatterjee
2017. Mobilizing master narratives through categorical narratives and categorical statements when default identities are at stake. Discourse & Communication 11:2  pp. 179 ff. DOI logo
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2016. Not so ‘innocent’ after all? Exploring corporate identity construction online. Discourse & Communication 10:3  pp. 291 ff. DOI logo
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2017. Publications Received. Language in Society 46:4  pp. 619 ff. DOI logo
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Subjects

Communication Studies

Communication Studies

Main BIC Subject

CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009030: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics
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