Storying selves and others at work Story ownership, tellership and functions of narratives in a workplace domain

Chałupnik, Małgorzata

Abstract

This paper engages with the relationship between story ownership - so who owns a story, tellership - so who has the right to tell it, and functions of workplace narratives as well as the broader social practices at work. Drawing upon discourse and narrative analyses, the paper investigates specifically how the negotiation of meaning visible in the often incomplete and fragmented but naturally-occurring narratives points to the discursive struggle over the construction of self within the specific parameters of the notion of professionalism. The paper identifies the facets of story ownership and discusses how each one can be affected by such regulatory forces of the social practices of work.

Citation

Chałupnik, M. (2022). Storying selves and others at work Story ownership, tellership and functions of narratives in a workplace domain. Narrative Inquiry, 32(1), 66-85. https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.20047.cha

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 8, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Nov 18, 2021
• Publication Date: Jan 31, 2022
• Deposit Date: Nov 22, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2021
• Journal: Narrative Inquiry
• Print ISSN: 1387-6740
• Electronic ISSN: 1569-9935
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 66-85
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.20047.cha
• Keywords: Literature and Literary Theory; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); History; Education
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6782275
• Publisher URL: https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ni.20047.cha
• Additional Information: © John Benjamins Publishing Company