Scandinavian Working Papers in Business Administration
Working Paper Series,
Lund University, Institute of Economic Research
No 2003/1: Managing Managerial Identities Organizational Fragmentation, Discourse and Identity Struggle
Stefan Sveningsson () and Mats Alvesson ()
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Stefan Sveningsson: Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Postal: Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Box 7080, SE-220 07 Lund, Sweden
Mats Alvesson: Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Postal: Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Box 7080, SE-220 07 Lund, Sweden
Abstract: The study is a case study of managerial identity work, based on an in-depth case of a senior manager and the organizational context in which she works. The paper addresses the interplay between organizational discourses, role expectations, narrative self-identity and identity work. Identity is conceptualized in processual terms as identity work and struggle. The paper illuminates fragmentation as well as integration in the interplay between organizational discourses and identity. It aims to contribute to a processual oriented identity theory and to the methodology of identity studies through showing the advantage of a multi-level intensive study.
Keywords: managerial identity; organizational discourses; role expectations
22 pages, April 24, 2004
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