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Social actors “to go” : An analytical toolkit to explore agency in business discourse and communication. / Darics, Erika; Koller, Veronika.
In: Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Vol. 82, No. 2, 01.06.2019, p. 214-238.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Social actors “to go”
T2 - An analytical toolkit to explore agency in business discourse and communication
AU - Darics, Erika
AU - Koller, Veronika
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 82 (2), 2019, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Business and Professional Communication Quarterly page: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/bcq on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - We argue that language awareness and discourse analytical skills should be part of business communication curricula. To this end, we propose a three-step analytical model drawing on organizational and critical discourse studies, and approaches from systemic-functional linguistics, to explore agency and action in business communication. Focusing on language and discourse helps students to analyze texts more systematically, researchers to gain deeper insights into organizational discourse, and practitioners to reflect on communication processes and produce texts with more impact. We view discourse as central to organizational processes and render a specific approach accessible and easy to integrate into business communication curricula.
AB - We argue that language awareness and discourse analytical skills should be part of business communication curricula. To this end, we propose a three-step analytical model drawing on organizational and critical discourse studies, and approaches from systemic-functional linguistics, to explore agency and action in business communication. Focusing on language and discourse helps students to analyze texts more systematically, researchers to gain deeper insights into organizational discourse, and practitioners to reflect on communication processes and produce texts with more impact. We view discourse as central to organizational processes and render a specific approach accessible and easy to integrate into business communication curricula.
KW - business discourse
KW - social actor repesentation
KW - social actor analysis
KW - agency
KW - critical language awareness
KW - discourse analysis
U2 - 10.1177/2329490619828367
DO - 10.1177/2329490619828367
M3 - Journal article
VL - 82
SP - 214
EP - 238
JO - Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
JF - Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
SN - 2329-4906
IS - 2
ER -