Efthymiadou, Christina and Angouri, Jo (2021) ‘I have her image of bringing me cherries as an offer’ : exploring belonging and trust in cross-border business collaboration through storytelling. Narrative Inquiry, 32 (1). pp. 130-147. doi:10.1075/ni.20049.eft ISSN 1387-6740 .

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Abstract

This paper explores the role of narratives as resources for enacting group membership and community building in the case of one company, a Greek-Turkish partnership, SforSteel. We pay special attention to the function of iterative stories and specifically one that indexes the origin of the partnership. The analysis shows that the story, and its episodes, act as significant interactional resources for partners to claim a shared regional identity, that of people coming from the area of Trabzon in the Black Sea region. By negotiating a common origin, the partners simultaneously strengthen their long-term relationship and continuously reconnect the past to the present. The strong long-term relationship has a symbolic status and constitutes a condition for being accepted in this community. Through the analysis of this story our discussion addresses the importance of iterativity and the foundational relationship between community and trust.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
SWORD Depositor:	Library Publications Router
Journal or Publication Title:	Narrative Inquiry
Publisher:	John Benjamins Publishing Co.
ISSN:	1387-6740
Official Date:	4 March 2021
Dates:	Date Event 4 March 2021 Published
Volume:	32
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 130-147
DOI:	10.1075/ni.20049.eft
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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