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2nd International Discourse in Organizations Workshop

Displaying competence Ghent, Belgium, 16-18 Sept. 2009 | www.dio.ugent.be

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International Workshop on Discourse in Organizations, from

Wednesday 16 to Friday 18 September 2009. The workshop offers a small-scale, all-plenary interactive forum with a limited number of participants and plenty of time for discussion. It will also include an International PhD colloquium to be organized in co-operation with the Association for Business Communication (ABC). Theme: Displaying competence The workshop explores ways in which individuals or groups in organizations discursively present themselves as competent, i.e. as having the ability and willingness (possibly including generic knowledge, motive, social role, expertise and skills) to perform tasks or functions on a superior level. Competence here might encompass or overlap with notions of efficiency, success, accountability, excellence and self-justification. Papers are welcomed that address the question of how such displays are achieved, how they are temporally projected as well as how they interact with the context in which they are generated. Methodologically, the workshop aims to bring together research that is primarily empirical, for instance within a discourse analytical, linguistic pragmatic, text studies or ethnomethodological framework. Contributions are welcomed on a wide spectrum of organizational settings including leadership/management situations, gate-keeping encounters in a variety of institutions and organizations and through a wide range of media, peer interaction in the workplace, marketing and news discourse, interaction with customers, etc. Keynote speakers Celia Roberts (King’s College London) and Francesca Bargiela Call for papers Submissions are invited for 40-minute slots (including 20 minutes of discussion and question time). The workshop language is English. Please send your abstract of 300 words (detailing research question, method, data and conclusions) to [email protected] before 31 January 2009. Contributors will be informed of the decision of the organizing committee by the end of February. Organizing committee Geert Jacobs and Tom Van Hout (Ghent University) Katja Pelsmaekers, Craig Rollo and Chris Braecke (University of Antwerp) Priscilla Heynderickx and Sylvain Dieltjens (Lessius University College Antwerp).

Dept. of Language and Communication

Dept. of International Business Communication

Dept. of Applied Linguistics

2nd International Discourse in Organizations Workshop

Displaying competence Ghent, Belgium, 16-18 Sept. 2009 | www.dio.ugent.be

ABC Europe 2009 International PhD Colloquium + PhD Research Mentoring Programme Researchers who are currently working on a PhD in the broad area of business discourse are invited to submit a proposal related, though not necessarily restricted, to the workshop theme of ‘Displaying competence’. Successful applicants will be invited to present a paper at the DiO workshop (40-minute slots, including 20 minutes of discussion and question time). After the workshop, they will be included in a mentoring programme in which two senior researchers will help them develop their workshop paper into a presentation to be given in a special session on the workshop theme at the ABC Europe Convention in Antwerp from 26 to 29 May 2010. Guidance will also be provided in transforming their paper into an article to be published in a special issue that will be submitted for publication to the Journal of Business Communication. Please send an abstract of 300 words (detailing research question, method, data and conclusions) plus a short text of 100 words about your PhD and a letter of recommendation by your PhD supervisor to [email protected] before 31 January 2009. Contributors will be informed of the decision of the organizing committee by the end of February. Venue The workshop will take place in the Zebrastraat convention centre within walking distance of medieval Ghent. See www.zebrastraat.be for more information. Registration The registration fee is €150,-. The fee includes participation in the workshop, a conference folder, a reception on Wednesday night, two lunches on Thursday and Friday, coffee/tea breaks on Thursday and Friday and a festive dinner on Thursday. For payment details and an online registration form: see: www.dio.ugent.be. Registration deadline: 1 June 2009. Accommodation A limited number of double rooms are available in two four-room apartments at the workshop venue at €75,- per room. Please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in booking a room and whether you would like to share it with another workshop participant. Alternatively, we can recommend some stylish bed-and-breakfast accommodation or budget hotels in the area. Contact Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Dept. of Language and Communication

Dept. of International Business Communication

Dept. of Applied Linguistics