This book presents a comprehensive examination of how leadership and collaboration are discursively performed in professional communication, using real-world data from a UK public sector IT team.
Małgorzata Chałupnik is a lecturer in the School of English at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her expertise is in professional communication, particularly as observed in business and health(care) settings. She has worked with many organisations from across the UK, embedding findings of professional communication research into professional practice.
1. Introduction.- 2. Leadership and collaboration.- 3. Discourses of leadership and collaboration.- 4. Auto-ethnography in the workplace.- 5. Leading others.- 6. Collaborating.- 7. From field to application.- 8. Conclusions.