Contents

pp iii-iv

Notes on Contributors

pp v-viii

Introduction: Negotiating Boundaries at Work

pp 1-8

Part I - Transitions to a Profession

pp 9-10

1 - Language Mentoring and Employment Ideologies: Internationally Educated Professionals in Search of Work

pp 11-28

2 - Oh It's a DANISH Boyfriend You've Got’: Co-membership and Cultural Fluency in Job Interviews with Minority Background Applicants in Denmark

pp 29-49

3 - Constructing a ‘Mission Statement’: A Multimodal Perspective on Believable Identity Construction in a Job Interview

pp 50-65

4 - Teamwork and the ‘Global Graduate’: Negotiating Core Skills and Competencies with Employers in Recruitment Interviews

pp 66-86

5 - ‘Doing Evaluation’ in the Modern Workplace: Negotiating the Identity of ‘Model Employee’ in Performance Appraisal Interviews

pp 87-108

6 - Negotiating Social Legitimacy in and across Contexts: Apprenticeship in a ‘Dual’ Training System

pp 109-130

Part II - Transitions within a Profession

pp 131-132

7 - Multilingualism and Work Experience in Germany: On the Pragmatic Notion of ‘Patiency’

pp 133-154

8 - The ‘Internationalised’ Academic: Negotiating Boundaries between the Local, the Regional and the ‘International’ at the University

pp 155-177

9 - ‘Have You Still Not Learnt Luxembourgish?’: Negotiating Language Boundaries in a Distribution Company in Luxembourg

pp 178-196

10 - Working and Learning in a New Niche: Ecological Interpretations of Work-Related Migration

pp 197-215

11 - Collaborating beyond Disciplinary Boundaries

pp 216-237

Index

pp 238-240