The Ins and Outs of Business and Professional Discourse Research: Reflections on Interacting with the Workplace

ISBN-13: 9781137507679 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 296 str.

Glen Alessi; Geert Jacobs

Opis

This edited volume offers a collection of original chapters focusing on the Ins and Outs of professional discourse research. The contributors discuss all aspects of the scholarly process, investigating written, oral, non-verbal and digital communication in professional settings. First the book analyses gaining access and collecting data by exploring questions such as, how can we convince practitioners to let us observe, record, interview, survey? What counts as data? How much data do we need? What shape and form can the data take? How does our research interfere with the professional practices we study? The book then examines feeding results back in the form of recommendations to practitioners, asking questions such as, how can professional discourse research be applied to help shape practice? How do we translate our methods and concepts for the communities that we investigate, including industry, government and non-profit organizations? Drawing on insights from LSP, ethnography and discourse analysis, this book will be of great value to researchers and practitioners of workplace settings.

Recenzje

"Stated simply, The Ins and Outs of Business and Professional Discourse Research is a fine book. It is destined to become a standard within the field. The book brings together research insights from the field's leading research on two extremely important topics: 1) how to initiate the research process; and, 2) how to develop practical applications for the findings. This topic combination is brilliant. I highly recommend this book both to new scholars entering the field as well as to researchers who are already firmly established. Both groups will find information that is new and helpful in their professional development. This book is a top-notch piece of work that combines the best of theory with a practical focus so necessary for the future success of our field." - Ron Dulek, John R. Miller Professor of Management, University of Alabama, USA

"A welcome collection, demonstrating the growing recognition of the value of an eclectic, informed, discursive approach to addressing real-world organisational issues. Forging closer connections, and developing greater mutual understanding and respect, can only serve to strengthen both academic research and organisational management and consulting." - Gill Ereaut, Founder of Linguistic Landscapes Ltd, Organisational Consultants

O autorze

Glen Michael Alessi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Deborah C. Andrews, University of Delaware, USA Carmela Briguglio, Curtin University Business School, Australia Tom Bruyer, Ghent University, Belgium Elena Chiocchetti, University of Forlì/Bologna, Italy Peter Daly, EDHEC Business School, France Dennis Davy, EDHEC Business School, France Laura Di Ferrante, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Chiara Ganapini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Walter Giordano, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy Geert Jacobs, Ghent University, Belgium Cecilia Lazzeretti, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Dorte Lønsmann, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Annelise Ly, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Norway Sergio Pizziconi, Independent Scholar Franca Poppi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Juliette Scott, University of Bristol, UK Astrid Vandendaele, Ghent University, Belgium