WILLIAMSON Josef   Faculty of Business Administration Department of Business Management   Associate Professor

■ Title   Participation styles, turn-taking strategies, and marginalization in intercultural decision-making discourse.

■ Outline   Marginalization in decision-making discourse results in disempowerment of the marginalized and detracts from the efficacy of participatory decision-making. In ESL contexts it is usually associated with English proficiency. But this view ignores the influence of preferences for different participation styles, an understanding of which is essential for the development of effective pedagogical remedies to the problem of marginalization. The present study addresses this gap by investigating discourse participation and marginalization from a participation styles perspective. Findings reveal that marginalization resulted from a failure to adopt turn-taking strategies associated with dominant participation styles. Implications for pedagogy are discussed.   Williamson, Josef   Single   Business and Professional Communication Quarterly   Sage   85(4),pp.445   2022/12

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