Professional Identity in Narratives
The paper analyses six professional narratives in a workplace meeting. The first part presents the theoretical framework, namely definition, types of and approaches to identity and the main features of narratives, namely the structure, function, and narrator’s roles. The underlying assumption is...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Scientia Publishing House
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica |
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| Online Access: | https://acta.sapientia.ro/content/docs/142-06.pdf |
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| Summary: | The paper analyses six professional narratives in a workplace
meeting. The first part presents the theoretical framework, namely definition,
types of and approaches to identity and the main features of narratives,
namely the structure, function, and narrator’s roles. The underlying
assumption is that speakers display particular facets of their identity
considering the environment and the type of interaction in which they are
engaged and that narratives change depending on their purpose and context.
The theoretical framework relies on Tajfel’s social constructionist approach
to identity and on the Membership Categorization Analysis. The second part
is the data analysis of the narratives presented by several employees of a
multinational company during a phone conference meeting, with a focus on
the professional identity in terms of narrative structure and values upheld
by the narrators. The analysis presents the structure of the professional
narratives, the values upheld, and the narrators’ roles and concludes with a
possible professional master narrative. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-5151 2068-2956 |