Leadership discourse at work: interactions of humour, gender and workplace culture

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. ÍNDICE: List of Tables and Figures - Acknowledgements - Transcription Conventions - Introduction - Transactional Aspects of Leadership Discourse: Humourand Getting Things Done - The b Otherb Side of Leadership Discourse: Humour and the Performance of Relational Leadership Activities - Doing Leadership in Context: The Impact of Working Groups - Leadership, Humour and Workplace Culture - Balancing Leader and Gender Identities - Conclusion - Notes - References -Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-20180-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 26/12/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés