%0 Journal Article
%T ¡®We don¡¯t need to abide by that!¡¯: Negotiating professional roles in problem
%A Jo Angouri
%A Kyoungmi Kim
%J Discourse & Communication
%@ 1750-4821
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1750481318817623
%X In this article, we focus on problem solving talk in the business meeting event. We zoom in on the processes of formulating, negotiating and ratifying an issue as a problem, and we argue that individuals negotiate their stances in relation to their perceived/projected professional roles. The processes of problem-solving are, simultaneously, processes of self/other positioning. We take an Interactional Sociolinguistic perspective and draw on audio-recorded meeting talk collected in a multinational corporate workplace. Our analysis shows that interactants draw on issues of accountability, perceived/projected responsibilities and expertise in pursuit of their own interactional agenda in the problem-solving meeting. We close the article with directions for further research
%K Business meetings
%K formulating
%K interactional sociolinguistics
%K multinational corporate workplace
%K negotiating
%K organisational communication
%K problem-solving talk
%K resuming
%K role negotiation
%K workplace discourse
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1750481318817623