Language, migration and in/exclusion in the workplace / edited by Jo Angouri, Julie Kerekes, and Minna Suni.
| Other author | Angouri, Jo. |
| Other author | Kerekes, Julie, 1965- |
| Other author | Minna, Suni, 1967- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bristol ; Jackson : Multilingual Matters, [2023] |
| Description | ix, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Language at work ; 10 |
| Contents | Migration and language at work : current trends and future opportunities for multidisciplinary research / Jo Angouri, Julie Kerekes & Minna Suni -- Contextualising diversity, work and mobility across time : cases from Norway's 'high north' / Florian Hiss -- 'Doctor Johnny' : the discursive construction of the medical doctor as an immigrant / Nóra Schleicher -- Multilingual professionals, monolingual contexts and multicultural mindsets : towards an intercultural mindset / Fiona O'Neill -- 'Getting the job done' : conventional expressions as shibboleths in multilingual job interviews / Marta Kirilova -- Assessing and analysing Health Care Finnish : test performance and lived experiences / Marja Seilonen & Minna Suni -- The role of soft skills in vocational ESL : their potential to (dis)empower migrant employment seekers / Julie Kerekes & Jeanne Sinclair -- Impression management games : language and mobility among Southern European migrants in a London call center / Johanna Tovar -- Understanding the immigrant actor through a multilingual lens / Art Babayants -- '[They] thought I didn't know how to be a chef because I didn't speak Finnish' : gatekeeping and professional role enactment in a multilingual kitchen context / Kristina Humonen & Jo Angouri. |
| Abstract | "This book focuses on the lived experiences of migrants who (try to) access the workplace and explores the barriers and support they encounter. The chapters look at the ways in which inclusion and exclusion from the workplace are done linguistically from historical, discourse analytical, narrative and language assessment perspectives"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023010368 |
| ISBN | 9781800416949 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781800416932 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |