The Manager's Tale: Stories of Managerial Identity

REEDY, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0754646645 ISBN 13: 9780754646648

Published by Ashgate, 2009

Language: English

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Title

The Manager's Tale: Stories of Managerial Identity

Publisher

Ashgate

Publication Date

2009

Language

English

ISBN 10

0754646645

ISBN 13

9780754646648

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

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What does being a manager mean to those who do managerial work and why has becoming a manager become so attractive for so many people? How does pursuing a managerial career fit with the wider project of constructing a life and a sense of self? This illuminating and thoughtful book answers these questions by considering the extended life histories of ten managers, allowing their own voices to be heard. The Manager's Tale uses the ideas of Heidegger, Sartre and Ricoeur to show that who a person is can be seen as a narrative accomplishment, a result of the stories we tell ourselves and others. Within this framework the manager's stories are revealed, highlighting the complex ways in which dominant expectations of what it means to be a successful individual in the modern world influences what sort of person we strive to be.

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Dr Patrick Reedy, Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, Nottingham University Business School, UK

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