Gendered talk at work : constructing social identity through workplace interaction

__Gendered Talk at Work__ examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication. - written accessibly by one of the field’s foremost researchers - explores the ways in which gender contributes to the interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction - uses original and insightfully analyzed data to focus on the ways in which both women and men draw on gendered discourse resources to enact a range of workplace roles - illustrates how a qualitative analysis of workplace discourse can throw light on the many ways in which workplace discourse provides a resource for constructing gender identity as one component of our complex socio-cultural identity Content: Chapter 1 The Role of Gender in Workplace Talk (pages 1–31): Chapter 2 Gender and Leadership Talk at Work (pages 32–73): Chapter 3 Relational Practice ? Not Just Women's Work (pages 74–107): Chapter 4 Humour in the Workplace ? Not Just Men's Play (pages 108–139): Chapter 5 Contest, Challenge and Complaint ? Gendered Discourse? (pages 140–173): Chapter 6 Women and Men Telling Stories at Work (pages 174–207): Chapter 7 Giving Women the Last Word (pages 208–222): How do we talk at work? Are there distinctively 'feminine' or particularly 'masculine' ways of interacting in the workplace? If so, who uses them, and in what contexts? This book explores the ways in which gender contributes to the interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction, and examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication. Using original and insightfully analyzed data, Janet Holmes focuses not on how women and men differ in the ways they communicate power and authority, but rather on the ways in which both draw on gendered discourse resources to enact a range of workplace roles. Gendered Talk at Work illustrates how a qualitative analysis of workplace discourse can throw light on the way gender pervades workplace interaction and the many ways in which workplace discourse provides a resource for constructing gender identity as one component of our complex socio-cultural identity. "This book explores the ways in which gender contributes to the interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction, and examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication. Using original and insightfully analysed data, Janet Holmes focuses not on how women and men differ in the ways they communicate power and authority, but rather on the ways in which both draw on gendered discourse resources to enact a range of workplace roles."--Jacket