Piia Mikkola
List of John Benjamins publications in which Piia Mikkola is involved.
Articles
2025 The use of transformative and extended responses in conducting sales work in product demonstration workshops Pragmatics and Society: Online-First Articles | Article
The article investigates sales interaction in the work of a photographic artist who provides art-based training services for workplaces. The data come from a product demonstration workshop where the artist presents a photographic method to prospective customers to raise their interest in the… read more
2025 Emergent professional practices: The construction of an institutional trainer role in a creative workshop Language and Dialogue 15:3, pp. 438–468 | Article
This article investigates the professional practices of creative entrepreneurs. The data come from organizational training workshops provided by a photographic artist who acts in a new training profession and uses art-based methods for the purposes of organizational development. Utilizing… read more
2014 Initiating activity shifts through use of appraisal forms as material objects during performance appraisal interviews Interacting with Objects: Language, materiality, and social activity, Nevile, Maurice, Pentti Haddington, Trine Heinemann and Mirka Rauniomaa (eds.), pp. 57–78 | Article
This study shows how participants of performance appraisal interviews use appraisal forms as material objects in initiations of activity shifts. Participants negotiate their willingness to proceed from one interview item to another by gazing at, pointing toward and manipulating the forms. This… read more