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Publication details [#56221]

Angouri, Jo. 2012. "The older I get the less I trust people": Constructing age identities in the workplace. Pragmatics 22 (2) : 255–277.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag

Annotation

This article discusses and problematises the complex process of employee (chronological) age identity construction in UK white-collar workplaces, in which linked ‘competence’ and ‘experience’ become important means in self -and other-positioning.