Gendered Talk at Work

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Constructing Gender Identity Through Workplace Discourse

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<i>Gendered Talk at Work</i> examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication. <br /> <ul class=”noindent”> <li>written accessibly by one of the field’s foremost researchers<br /> </li> <li>explores the ways in which gender contributes to the interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction<br /> </li> <li>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<br /> </li> <li>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</li> </ul>