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Women managers in meetings. Ways of expression power
Women managers in meetings. Ways of expression power

Author(s): Gabriela Chefneux
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: power; directives; politeness; questions; interruptions; I; we

Summary/Abstract: Power, a widely studied concept, constructs identities, behaviour, knowledge and discourse. Operating through language, hegemony is taken for granted and the discourses it creates become the norms in institutions. Power has been analysed in a variety of organisations – legal, educational, medical and economical. This paper uses the data transcribed from a meeting held in a medium-sized Romanian company that sells building materials, with the aim of identifying the ways in which the woman manager running the company expresses power.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-18
  • Page Count: 14