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Östman, Jan-Ola, Senior professor
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Ädel, A., Nyström Höög, C. & Östman, J.-O. (2022). Risks and responsibilities in the workplace:: Employees discussing evacuation situations. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 16(3), 265-288
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Risks and responsibilities in the workplace:: Employees discussing evacuation situations
2022 (English)In: Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, ISSN 2040-3658, E-ISSN 2040-3666, Vol. 16, no 3, p. 265-288Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study analyses experiences with and in relation to issues of risk, responsibility and evacuation in workplace settings as discussed in four focus groups in Sweden and Swedish-language Finland. The discussions, and in particular the participants’ positionings in their ‘small stories’, are analysed from two perspectives: that of narratives, and that of interpretive repertoires. The main question under investigation is how employees at different workplaces discursively construe their sense of responsibility in the face of risk and evacuation situations. The findings show that these issues are handled very differently in different workplaces, but at all in accordance with the participants’ implicit responsibility positionings and what we see as the interpretive repertoires (organisational, instinctual, skills-based and informational) they draw on. Whereas previous studies have considered workplaces with high-stakes settings, the present study is set in workplaces where risk is not thematised on a regular basis, making the results applicable not only to workplace scenarios, but to society at large.

Keywords
risk communication, evacuation, responsibility, dominant discourse, positioning, workplace communication
National Category
General Language Studies and Linguistics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-42200 (URN)10.1558/jalpp.19499 (DOI)
Available from: 2022-08-19 Created: 2022-08-19 Last updated: 2023-03-17Bibliographically approved
Ädel, A., Nyström Höög, C. & Östman, J.-O. (2020). In case of emergency: A responsibility perspective on evacuation practices. In: : . Paper presented at ALAPP, the 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 16-17 September 2020, in Trondheim, Norway (Digital conference).
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2020 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Risk communication research spans many domains, including the environment, healthcare, science and technology, law enforcement, banking, workplace health and safety (e.g. Chrichton et al. 2016). The EXIT project deals with issues of security and responsibility in relation to communication about evacuation, e.g. in fire hazards or terror attacks. Our study focuses both on what evacuation information to the general public looks like and on policies and attitudes behind specific evacuation information guiding the general public. We see evacuation information as a possible resource for the distribution of responsibility. The aim is to investigate how groups and individuals construe their sense of responsibility in relation to evacuation: (a) How do people discursively construe their sense of responsibility in the face of risk and evacuation situations?; (b) To what extent does their interpretation of what to do correlate with the intentions of the policy makers producing and sanctioning the evacuation information (on signs, websites)?; (c) What is the purpose of the meaning production in this field of discourse: is the primary function to make evacuation as efficient as possible in a risk situation; is it to educate the public in how to behave in situations of risk; or is the giving of evacuation information a mere ritual? As a first step of data collection, we have analyzed evacuation signs and conducted focus group discussions at a higher education institution in order to evaluate participants’ understanding of evacuation practices and individual responsibility within the institution.

 

References

Crichton, Jonathan, Candlin, Christopher N. & Firkins, Arthur S. (Eds). (2016). Communicating Risk. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

National Category
General Language Studies and Linguistics
Research subject
Intercultural Studies, EXIT - Riskkommunikation och ansvar: Nya perspektiv på utrymning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-35002 (URN)
Conference
ALAPP, the 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 16-17 September 2020, in Trondheim, Norway (Digital conference)
Available from: 2020-09-17 Created: 2020-09-17 Last updated: 2021-11-12Bibliographically approved
Östman, J.-O. (2020). Review of Hilpert (2019): Construction Grammar and its application to English [Review]. Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 18(2), 567-575
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Review of Hilpert (2019): Construction Grammar and its application to English
2020 (English)In: Review of Cognitive Linguistics, ISSN 1877-9751, E-ISSN 1877-976X, Vol. 18, no 2, p. 567-575Article, book review (Other academic) Published
National Category
Languages and Literature
Research subject
Research Profiles 2009-2020, Intercultural Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-35887 (URN)10.1075/rcl.00070.ost (DOI)000606498000011 ()
Available from: 2021-01-28 Created: 2021-01-28 Last updated: 2022-01-19Bibliographically approved
Östman, J.-O. & Verschueren, J. (Eds.). (2019). Handbook of Pragmatics: 22nd Annual Installment. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Handbook of Pragmatics: 22nd Annual Installment
2019 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2019. p. 277
Keywords
pragmatics
National Category
General Language Studies and Linguistics
Research subject
Research Profiles 2009-2020, Intercultural Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-31846 (URN)10.1075/hop.22 (DOI)9789027261656 (ISBN)9789027261649 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-02-05 Created: 2020-02-05 Last updated: 2021-11-12Bibliographically approved
Östman, J.-O. (2019). Recension av doktorsavhandling Olofsson, Joel (2018). Förflyttning på svenska. Om produktivitet utifrån ett konstruktionsperspektiv. Göteborg: Göteborgs universitet [Review]. Arkiv för nordisk filologi, 134, 289-290
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Recension av doktorsavhandling Olofsson, Joel (2018). Förflyttning på svenska. Om produktivitet utifrån ett konstruktionsperspektiv. Göteborg: Göteborgs universitet
2019 (Swedish)In: Arkiv för nordisk filologi, ISSN 0066-7668, Vol. 134, p. 289-290Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: , 2019
Keywords
svenska, konstruktionsgrammatik
National Category
Languages and Literature
Research subject
Research Profiles 2009-2020, Intercultural Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-31819 (URN)
Available from: 2020-02-03 Created: 2020-02-03 Last updated: 2021-11-12Bibliographically approved
Östman, J.-O. (2019). Recension av Johansson, Karl G. & Kleivane, Elise (Eds) (2018). Speculum septentrionale. Konungs skuggsjá and the European Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Novus [Review]. Arkiv för nordisk filologi, 134, 278-280
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Recension av Johansson, Karl G. & Kleivane, Elise (Eds) (2018). Speculum septentrionale. Konungs skuggsjá and the European Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Novus
2019 (Swedish)In: Arkiv för nordisk filologi, ISSN 0066-7668, Vol. 134, p. 278-280Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: , 2019
Keywords
medeltiden, Speculum regale
National Category
Languages and Literature
Research subject
Research Profiles 2009-2020, Intercultural Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-31820 (URN)
Available from: 2020-02-03 Created: 2020-02-03 Last updated: 2021-11-12Bibliographically approved
Nyström Höög, C. & Östman, J.-O. (2019). Vetenskaplig publicering på svenska: ett måste, och vårt ansvar. Språkbruk, 38(4), 42-46
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vetenskaplig publicering på svenska: ett måste, och vårt ansvar
2019 (Swedish)In: Språkbruk, ISSN 0358-9293, Vol. 38, no 4, p. 42-46Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
National Category
Specific Languages
Research subject
Research Profiles 2009-2020, Intercultural Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-31482 (URN)
Available from: 2019-12-28 Created: 2019-12-28 Last updated: 2021-11-12Bibliographically approved
Östman, J.-O. & Verschueren, J. (Eds.). (2018). Handbook of Pragmatics. 21st Annual Installment. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Handbook of Pragmatics. 21st Annual Installment
2018 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018. p. 285
Series
Handbook of Pragmatics ; 21
Keywords
pragmatics, pragmatik
National Category
General Language Studies and Linguistics
Research subject
Research Profiles 2009-2020, Intercultural Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:du-29195 (URN)10.1075/hop.21 (DOI)9789027263087 (ISBN)9789027263070 (ISBN)
Available from: 2018-12-25 Created: 2018-12-25 Last updated: 2021-11-12Bibliographically approved
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