Kim, Kyoungmi 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2697-6899 and Angouri, Jo
(2019)
‘We don’t need to abide by that!’: Negotiating professional roles in problem-solving talk at work.
Discourse & Communication, 13 (2).
pp. 172-191.
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Abstract
In this article, we focus on problem solving talk in the business meeting event. We zoom in on the processes of formulating, negotiating and ratifying an issue as a problem, and we argue that individuals negotiate their stances in relation to their perceived/projected professional roles. The processes of problem-solving are, simultaneously, processes of self/other positioning. We take an Interactional Sociolinguistic perspective and draw on audio-recorded meeting talk collected in a multinational corporate workplace. Our analysis shows that interactants draw on issues of accountability, perceived/projected responsibilities and expertise in pursuit of their own interactional agenda in the problem-solving meeting. We close the article with directions for further research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1750481318817623 |
| School/Department: | School of Education, Language and Psychology |
| URI: | https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/5352 |
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