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Publication details [#25583]

Troemel-Ploetz, Senta. 1994. "Let me put it this way, John": Conversational strategies of women in leadership positions. Journal of Pragmatics 22 (2) : 199–209.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

business language | conversational strategy | leadership | women's language

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0378-2166

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This study of women's conversational strategies in leadership positions reveals a more egalitarian, democratic, ethical and humane style, as opposed to the masculine command-and-control style, which also happens to be more conducive to good management and more productive for business.