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Andrea Golato Barske, Tobias G. 2015-09-28T15:03:45Z 2015-09-28T15:03:45Z 10000-01-01 2006 2006 In Chapter 1, I situate this dissertation within existing studies on business meetings and introduce the research methodology of conversation analysis. Chapter 2 examines all uses of the particle ok in German business meetings. In my presentation of the first description of ok in a language other than English, I argue that certain uses of ok relate to enacting the social role of 'doing-being-boss.' Furthermore, Chapter 3 examines the practice of how employees produce extended reports about ongoing projects. In discussing the social role of 'doing-being-employee,' I compare the practice of story-telling in ordinary conversation to that of producing reports during German business meetings. Specifically, I describe how speakers orient to a systematic use of intonation patterns to enable correct and complete reports. Moreover, Chapter 4 problematizes the notion of pre-assigned social roles. Using the concept of zones of interactional transition, I discuss instances where employees question the role of meeting facilitator, chairperson, and boss. In analyzing the interactional fallout in these examples, I offer additional evidence that social roles such as boss represent a social construct which depends on a constant co-construction of this role. Finally, in the conclusion I situate my findings within the field of institutional talk. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-28T15:03:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3250211.pdf: 5192678 bytes, checksum: 5a32d1f88668ad9a97a8483965e20ffc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 87622 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 187 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/86341 (MiAaPQ)AAI3250211 eng Speech Communication Co -Constructing Social Roles in German Business Meetings: A Conversation Analytic Study text Germanic Languages and Literatures Germanic Languages and Literatures University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.