Communicated Stereotypes at Work

Communicated Stereotypes at Work explores the pervasive issue of stereotypes in the workplace, highlighting their discriminatory and functional roles. It argues that while communicating stereotypes can be distasteful and exclusionary, it can also provide a pathway toward bonding, giving advice, and reducing uncertainty. The book emphasizes qualitative methods and analyses to deconstruct stereotypes and expose their underpinnings, focusing on the role all of us play in perpetuating them. It suggests alternative modes of productive discourse for scholars and practitioners of various professions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 446 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2024
Publisher: Lexington Books

Communicated Stereotypes at Work: A Pervasive Issue
Communicated stereotypes in the workplace remain a pervasive issue due to the dichotomy between their discriminatory and functional roles. While the use of stereotypes is distasteful and exclusionary, communicating them can also appear to provide a pathway toward bonding with others, giving advice, and reducing uncertainty. This dichotomy results in those who communicate stereotypes in the workplace not viewing this communication as problematic.

The editors and contributors of Communicated Stereotypes at Work posit that stereotypes communicated in the workplace remain a pervasive issue due to the dichotomy between the discriminatory and functional roles that these stereotypes can play in a range of professional settings. Contributors demonstrate that while the use of stereotypes in the workplace is distasteful and exclusionary, communicating these stereotypes can also appear—on the surface—to provide a pathway toward bonding with others, giving advice, and reducing uncertainty. The result of this dichotomy is that those who communicate stereotypes in the workplace may not view this communication from themselves or others as being problematic.

With an emphasis on qualitative methods and analyses, contributors deconstruct stereotypes by exploring the theoretical, empirical, and pragmatic roles they play in communication. In doing so, authors expose the underpinnings of stereotypes and why they are communicated, focus on the role all of us play in perpetuating stereotypes, and suggest alternative modes of productive discourse. Scholars of interpersonal and organizational communication, cultural studies, and sociology as well as practitioners of various professions will find this book particularly useful.

Weight: 776g
Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793642462