Narrative and the construction of professional identity in the workplace

Holmes, Janet; Marra, Meredith

doi:10.1075/sin.6.10hol

In:The Sociolinguistics of Narrative
Edited by Joanna Thornborrow and Jennifer Coates
[Studies in Narrative 6] 2005
► pp. 193–213

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Narrative and the construction of professional identity in the workplace

Janet Holmes

Meredith Marra

Published online: 30 June 2005

https://doi.org/10.1075/sin.6.10hol

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