Identity work and identity regulation in managers' personal development training

Thomas Andersson ()
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Thomas Andersson: Gothenburg Research Institute, Postal: School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Box 600, SE 40530 Göteborg, Sweden

No 2008:7, GRI-rapport from University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Research Institute GRI

Abstract: This article describes the role of personal development training in managers’ identity processes. Personal development training constitutes a local management discourse, which can influence both identity work and identity regulation processes. The study emphasizes the importance of personal life stories in understanding how managers are influenced by personal development training. The training provokes different processes of identity work and identity regulation, and managers actively work with different identity templates, both on macro and micro levels, in pursuit of their ongoing identity processes.

Keywords: identity; identity work; identity regulation; personal development; discourse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2008-11-26
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