
Mats Alvesson
Professor

Managing managerial identities: Organizational fragmentation, discourse and identity struggle
Author
Summary, in English
This 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 article 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 article 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.
Department/s
- Department of Business Administration
- Institute of Economic Research
Publishing year
2003
Language
English
Pages
1163-1193
Publication/Series
Human Relations
Volume
56
Issue
10
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Topic
- Business Administration
- Economics and Business
Keywords
- narrative
- identity struggle
- discourse
- identity
- managerial
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0018-7267