Janet Holmes and Tina Chiles
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195306897
- eISBN:
- 9780199867943
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306897.003.0009
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
This chapter, written by Janet Holmes and Tina Chiles, examines the frequency, distribution, and function of questions in New Zealand workplace meetings. It reviews previous work on questions, ...
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This chapter, written by Janet Holmes and Tina Chiles, examines the frequency, distribution, and function of questions in New Zealand workplace meetings. It reviews previous work on questions, describes the methodology used to collect the workplace discourse discussed in this analysis, and addresses what counts as a question for the study. The authors use a taxonomy of question functions to compare the frequency and distribution of questions in New Zealand workplace meetings to their distribution in previous studies of American casual conversations between friends. With this as a background, the chapter then examines the ways in which managers use questions as control devices in workplace meetings. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the contribution of controlling questions at the microlevel, in the detailed dynamics of managing meeting discourse, and also at the macrolevel of instantiating power relations in specific communities of practice.Less
This chapter, written by Janet Holmes and Tina Chiles, examines the frequency, distribution, and function of questions in New Zealand workplace meetings. It reviews previous work on questions, describes the methodology used to collect the workplace discourse discussed in this analysis, and addresses what counts as a question for the study. The authors use a taxonomy of question functions to compare the frequency and distribution of questions in New Zealand workplace meetings to their distribution in previous studies of American casual conversations between friends. With this as a background, the chapter then examines the ways in which managers use questions as control devices in workplace meetings. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the contribution of controlling questions at the microlevel, in the detailed dynamics of managing meeting discourse, and also at the macrolevel of instantiating power relations in specific communities of practice.
Janet Holmes, Meredith Marra, and Bernadette Vine
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199730759
- eISBN:
- 9780199918454
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199730759.001.0001
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
This book is about workplace discourse and it examines the relationships among leadership, ethnicity, and language use. Taking a social constructionist approach to the ways in which leadership is ...
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This book is about workplace discourse and it examines the relationships among leadership, ethnicity, and language use. Taking a social constructionist approach to the ways in which leadership is enacted through discourse, the book problematizes the concept of ethnicity and demonstrates the importance of context—particularly the community of practice—in determining what counts as relevant in the analysis of ethnicity. The chapters analyze everyday workplace interactions supplemented by interview data to examine the ways in which workplace leaders use language to achieve their transactional and relational goals in contrasting “ethnicized” contexts, two of which are Māori and two European/Pākehā. The analysis pays special attention to the roles of ethnic values, beliefs, and orientations in talk.Less
This book is about workplace discourse and it examines the relationships among leadership, ethnicity, and language use. Taking a social constructionist approach to the ways in which leadership is enacted through discourse, the book problematizes the concept of ethnicity and demonstrates the importance of context—particularly the community of practice—in determining what counts as relevant in the analysis of ethnicity. The chapters analyze everyday workplace interactions supplemented by interview data to examine the ways in which workplace leaders use language to achieve their transactional and relational goals in contrasting “ethnicized” contexts, two of which are Māori and two European/Pākehā. The analysis pays special attention to the roles of ethnic values, beliefs, and orientations in talk.
Kumiko Nemoto
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781501702488
- eISBN:
- 9781501706219
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501702488.003.0007
- Subject:
- Sociology, Occupations, Professions, and Work
This chapter explores female workers' different interpretations and experiences of workplace sexual behaviors and interactions, and explains the processes by which workplace sexual interactions, ...
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This chapter explores female workers' different interpretations and experiences of workplace sexual behaviors and interactions, and explains the processes by which workplace sexual interactions, including harmful behaviors, are normalized and tolerated. The chapter analyzes three types of sexual workplace interactions in Japanese firms that are described and interpreted very differently by women workers due to their differing contexts. These interactions include taking clients to hostess clubs, which women workers often see as “a part of their job;” playing the hostess role at after-work drinking meetings, where a certain amount of groping by men is seen as “joking around;” and repetitive or threatening sexual advances occurring during normal working hours. The chapter argues that women's interpretations of sexual behaviors can vary from enjoyable to harmful, depending on the organizational context.Less
This chapter explores female workers' different interpretations and experiences of workplace sexual behaviors and interactions, and explains the processes by which workplace sexual interactions, including harmful behaviors, are normalized and tolerated. The chapter analyzes three types of sexual workplace interactions in Japanese firms that are described and interpreted very differently by women workers due to their differing contexts. These interactions include taking clients to hostess clubs, which women workers often see as “a part of their job;” playing the hostess role at after-work drinking meetings, where a certain amount of groping by men is seen as “joking around;” and repetitive or threatening sexual advances occurring during normal working hours. The chapter argues that women's interpretations of sexual behaviors can vary from enjoyable to harmful, depending on the organizational context.
