This research hence aims to explore how the professionals in three Hong Kong white-collar organizations interact in Windows Live Messenger, Tencent QQ, and Facebook Chat for various transactional and relational purposes. However, the reality is that the use of digital devices, especially instant messengers, has become a trend in backstage communication in the workplace, including the small-sized enterprises in Sino-settings. Studies of the former have tended to explore face-to-face workplace interaction in non-Asian settings, while studies of the latter have centered on interpersonal and public communication contexts. Workplace discourse analysis and computer-mediated discourse analysis have gathered momentum in the broad field of applied linguistics, but analysts have rarely empirically studied workplace discourse and computer-mediated communication simultaneously from a socio-constructionist perspective. Doctoral dissertation, Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Humor, small talk, and the construction of identity and power in workplace instant messaging.
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