Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 2 Number: 1 Page: 25–36
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Narrative Accounts in Gatekeeping Interviews: Intercultural Differences or Common Misunderstandings?
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Jenny Cook-Gumperz and John J. Gumperz
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In gatekeeping interviews candidates must rely on narrative strategies to demonstrate their suitability for a position. This includes the ability to project in their accounts 'an institutional self'. In
this paper we will compare native with non-native English-speaking candidates and consider how culturally based differences in communicative background affect the conduct of the interaction.
© Multilingual Matters 2002
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