Controlling managers' 'becoming': the practice of identity regulation

Stéphan Pezé ()
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Stéphan Pezé: DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: I explore here the process of controlling managers 'becoming' through the practices of identity regulation. My focus is on how identity regulation is performed through individuals' concrete actions. Through a qualitative longitudinal study on managerial training, three contributions are offered. Identity regulation discourses are performed through micro-practices showing that identity regulation is far from being a top-down process; identity regulation practices are sustained by "side" practices which secure organizational members' participation and enactment of these discourses; finally, identity work is not only an autonomous and individual process and it can be a deliberate target of identity regulation practices.

Keywords: Identity Regulation; Identity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-08-01
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Published in François-Xavier de Vaujany et Nathalie Mitev. Materiality and Space, Palgrave, pp.314-340, 2013, 9781137304087

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