@inbook{274fe3ea6cae45b3a97fca2ca09a38c9,
title = "Coping with uncertainty: gender and leadership identities in UK corporate life",
abstract = "Within corporate contexts, senior leaders must construct credible leadership identities if they are to demonstrate effectiveness in achieving business goals. This is a particular challenge for women, who have struggled historically to gain senior leadership positions. This chapter explores the identity struggles experienced by Karen, a woman Human Resources director within a management meeting as she delivers bad news about {\textquoteleft}company restructuring{\textquoteright} to her colleagues. Using Feminist Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis (FPDA), I show how this leader struggles to maintain a professionally competent identity as she negotiates the bad news. The analysis reveals that despite the demands of her role, Karen demonstrates extraordinary linguistic competence in managing her team within a turbulent business world that continues to remain inhospitable to female leaders.",
keywords = "leadership, identities, gender, intercultural communication, discourses, feminist poststructuralist discourse analysis, subject positioning",
author = "Judith Baxter",
year = "2017",
month = apr,
language = "English",
isbn = "978-90-272-0660-2",
series = "Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture ",
publisher = "John Benjamins",
editor = "{van de Mieroop}, Dorien and Stephanie Schnurr",
booktitle = "Identity struggles",
address = "Netherlands",
}