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Publication details [#56220]

Reissner-Roubicek, Sophie. 2012. "The guys would like to have a lady": The co-construction of gender and professional identity in interviews between employers and female engineering students. Pragmatics 22 (2) : 231–254.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | identity negotiation | job interview | profession | social constructivism

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This social constructionist study examines the dynamic discursive co-construction of female engineers’ professional and gender identities in (job) interviews between employers and female final-year engineering university students in New Zealand.