Publications

Publication details [#45716]

Holmes, Janet, Meredith Marra and Stephanie Schnurr. 2007. Being (im)polite in New Zealand workplaces: Māori and Pākehā leaders. Journal of Pragmatics 39 (4) : 712–729.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

community of practice | ethnicity | face maintenance | politeness | workplace conversation

Language as a subject

Maori | Pakeha

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper deals with the perception of politeness in the ‘ethnicised’ communities of practice of Māori and Pākehā New Zealand workplaces by both leaders and other organisational members.