The Discourse of Business Meetings Agency and Power in Financial Org
This book examines the social organizational discourse of task-oriented business meetings in a Kuwaiti financial organization and an American non-profit trade organisation. Focusing primarily on the linguistic behaviours demonstrating agency and power of
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THE DISCOURSE OF BUSINESS MEETINGS Agency and Power in Financial Organizations
The Discourse of Business Meetings
Fatma M. AlHaidari
The Discourse of Business Meetings Agency and Power in Financial Organizations
Fatma M. AlHaidari Public Authority for Applied Education and Training Kuwait City, Kuwait
ISBN 978-3-319-66142-1 ISBN 978-3-319-66143-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66143-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017955814 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image © Fares Al Husseni / Alamy Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgments
I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to everyone who believed in me and helped me accomplish this challenging research project. I would first like to thank Dr. Karen Adams, my dissertation committee chair and advisor, for her continuous guidance, kindness, and encouragement. I also extend a special thanks to the other members of my committee, Dr. Benjamin Broome and Dr. Matthew Prior. Special recognition goes out to my friend Ahmed AlGumar, for his support and advice. I have been privileged to know him and to learn from his stellar business and management input through the journey this book has taken. Thanks are also extended to my friends Dalal Almubayei, Haifa AlHuwaidi, and Fatma AlOmani. Many thanks go in particular to Amr Makki for his support and encouragement. A special thanks also goes to Faisal AlRuwaished for his guidance and technical support and to Allison Turner for her insightful editorial contribution to this book. My deepest gratitude goes to my family, Munirah AlAjl
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