Dialogue, language and identity: critical issues for networked management learning

Ferreday, Debra and Hodgson, Vivien and Jones, Chris R. (2006) Dialogue, language and identity: critical issues for networked management learning. Studies in Continuing Education, 28 (3). pp. 223-239. ISSN 0158-037X

Abstract

This paper draws on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Norman Fairclough to show how dialogue is central to the construction of identity in networked management learning. The paper is based on a case study of a networked management learning course in higher education and attempts to illustrate how participants negotiate issues of difference, inclusivity and belonging through relational dialogue.