This edited collection investigates the linguistics of globalisation, geopolitics and
gender in workplace cultures in a range of different contemporary international
settings. The chapters examine how issues of globalisation, gender and geopolitics
affect professionals in different workplace contexts, including domestic workers;
IT professionals; teachers, university staff; engineers; entrepreneurs; CEOs of
different corporates including locally based businesses as well as multinationals;
farmers; co-operative leaders; NGO leaders; bloggers; healthcare assistants and
caregivers.
Taking different sociolinguistic approaches to exploring language and the
geopolitics of gender at work in Dubai, Kuwait, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco,
Nigeria, Malaysia, Turkey, Belgium, Switzerland, New Zealand, Uganda, the UK
and the USA, each chapter focuses on a range of salient geopolitical issues which
often have global applicability, but which may also be subject to more localised
socio-cultural variation. The chapters critically discuss issues of gendered
language, perceptions and representations of workplace cultures, discrimination,
the role of gendered stereotyping and deeply ingrained socio-cultural myths
about gender and the importance of examining the intersections of identity – all
of which continue to persist as barriers to equality and inclusion in workplaces
worldwide.
Despite the variation and diversity in professions and geopolitical contexts
captured across the chapters, remarkably similar issues of gender discrimination
and persisting inequalities are identified and critically discussed, thus pointing to
the global nature of these issues.