基本説明
This collection explores ways in which individuals, teams or groups in organizations discursively present themselves as competent to perform tasks or functions, possibly at a superior level.
Full Description
Competence encompasses or overlaps with notions of efficiency, success, accountability, excellence and self-justification. This collection explores ways in which individuals, teams or groups in organizations discursively present themselves as competent to perform tasks or functions, possibly at a superior level.
Contents
List Of Contributors Acknowledgements Discourse Perspectives on Competence in Organizations; T.Van Hout , K.Pelsmaekers , P.Heynderickx & C.Rollo 'Taking Ownership': Language and Ethnicity in the Job Interview; C.Roberts Equality for Those Who are Competent. Discourses on Competencies, Diversity and Equality in the Public Sector; S.Scheepers The Language of Power. An Analysis of a Corpus of CEO Letters; B.Hendriks & M.Van Mulken The Successful 2008 Presidential Candidate: How Political Weblogs Have Contributed in Shaping the American Electorate's Preferences; G.Riboni The Representation of Competence in Newspaper Interviews. A Linguistic-Pragmatic Discourse Analysis of the (Self-)Representation of Journalists and Politicians in Written Interviews; M.Temmerman Competence on Display: Crafting Stories During Newsroom Editorial Conferences; T.Van Hout & E.Van Praet Interpreting Competence: Nursing Staff and Family Members as Ad-Hoc Interpreters in Hospitals; B.Pawlack The Discursive Construal of Purpose by Means of Competence in German and English Corporate Mission Statements; B.Meex & H.Verplaetse 'Adam Smith for Diocesan Missioner': Legitimation in Religious Discourse; G.Mautner References Index