Publications

Publication details [#45717]

Chiles, Tina. 2007. The construction of an identity as ‘mentor’ in white collar and academic workplaces: A preliminary analysis. Journal of Pragmatics 39 (4) : 730–741.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

counseling | identity negotiation | loose talk | phatic act | workplace conversation

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This study investigates how 'mentors' in white collar and academic workplaces ‘effect mentoring’, by analyzing the use of non-work-related phatic talk within formal mentoring meeting contexts.