Drawing on authentic workplace interactions, this paper examines the ways in which effective leaders use humor as a discursive resource to construct particular aspects of leadership style...
Keywords: Discourse analysis, leadership, style, transformational leadership, transactional leadership, workplace discourse, workplace interaction
05/2006 | Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, Walter de GruyterIn New Zealand, as in many other post-colonial societies, biculturalism is a one-way street: Māori New Zealanders are more likely to be bicultural than are Pākehā New Zealanders...
Keywords: Impoliteness, ethnicity, meetings, workplace discourse
01/2008 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de Gruyter