List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Transcription Conventions Introduction Transactional Aspects of Leadership Discourse: Humour and Getting Things Done The 'Other' Side of Leadership Discourse: Humour and the Performance of Relational Leadership Activities Doing Leadership in Context: The Impact of Working Groups Leadership, Humour and Workplace Culture Balancing Leader and Gender Identities Conclusion Notes References Index

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STEPHANIE SCHNURR is Assistant Professor at the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. Her main research interest is the sociolinguistic and discursive performance of leadership and gender at work, and in particular the multiple functions and strategic uses of humour in workplace discourse.

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