Dorien Van De Mieroop is Professor of Linguistics at KU Leuven, Belgium. Her main research interests lie in the discursive analysis of identity in institutional interactions and narratives.Federica Previtali is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her doctoral research focused on age and ageism in workplace interactions.Melina De Dijn is a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium. Her doctoral research revolved around identity construction in Flemish job interviews, with a particular focus on the ‘War for Talent’ recruitment context.
Innehållsförteckning
Chapter 1. Introducing ageism.- Chapter 2. Method and data.- Chapter 3: Candidates' attempts to tackle challenging questions through ageism stories.- Chapter 4. Age categorizations and stereotyping in recruiters’ talk.- Chapter 5. The negotiation of age categories and stereotypes between candidates and recruiters.- Chapter 6. A candidate's strategic use of age stereotyping and its outcome.- Chapter 7. Discussion and conclusions.