Leadership discourse at work: interactions of humour, gender and workplace culture
Auteur :
Schnurr, S.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349300013
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2009
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Employing a discourse analytical approach this book focuses on the under-researched strategy of humour to illustrate how discursive performances of leadership are influenced by gender and workplace culture. Far from being a superfluous strategy that distracts from business, humour performs a myriad of important functions in the workplace context.