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Negotiating Boundaries at Work: Talking and Transitions
Angouri Jo Marra Mer
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Description for Negotiating Boundaries at Work: Talking and Transitions
Hardback. This volume brings together a range of scholars from different disciplinary areas in the field, examining the challenges of transition into a (new) workplace, team or community, as well as transitions within different professional communities. Editor(s): Angouri, Jo; Marra, Meredith; Holmes, Janet. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; KJP; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Moving between linguistic, professional and national boundaries is part of the daily reality of modern workplaces, where the concept of a job for life is now outdated. Employees move between jobs, countries and even professions during their working lives, but the multilayered process of redefining personal, social and professional identities is not reflected in current workplace research. This volume brings together a range of scholars from different disciplinary areas in the field, examining the challenges of transition into a (new) workplace, team or community, as well as transitions within different professional communities. By analyzing the strategies individuals adopt to navigate ... Read more
Moving between linguistic, professional and national boundaries is part of the daily reality of modern workplaces, where the concept of a job for life is now outdated. Employees move between jobs, countries and even professions during their working lives, but the multilayered process of redefining personal, social and professional identities is not reflected in current workplace research. This volume brings together a range of scholars from different disciplinary areas in the field, examining the challenges of transition into a (new) workplace, team or community, as well as transitions within different professional communities. By analyzing the strategies individuals adopt to navigate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474403139
SKU
V9781474403139
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About Angouri Jo Marra Mer
Jo Angouri is Reader and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick. Meredith Marra is Assistant Professor in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University ofWellington. Janet Holmes is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington.
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