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Managerial Lives: Leadership and Identity in an Imperfect World
Contributor(s): Sveningsson, Stefan (Author), Alvesson, Mats (Author)

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 ISBN: 1107551757     ISBN-13: 9781107551756
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $44.64  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Management - General
- Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior
Dewey: 658.4
LCCN: 2015041407
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.01" W x 9.11" L (1.08 lbs) 370 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
 
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Organizations are often complex and unwieldy, and many managers have difficulty in combining ideals and positive identities with the complexities and imperfections of life. They are expected to be strategic and competent, while at the same time human and empathetic. This engaging book takes a fresh look at managerial work as experienced and understood by managers. It examines the central tenets of managerial life, such as the work expectations that managers have, the significance they assign to different activities, and the difficulties that they face. It also takes a wider view of working life by looking at subordination in the managerial context. The theoretical material is supported by in-depth interviews with thirteen managers from different organizations. This book will appeal to those with an interest in management, and in leadership and identity questions in modern working life.

Contributor Bio(s): Sveningsson, Stefan: - Stefan Sveningsson is Associate Professor of Business Administration at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden. He has been visiting researcher at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University and Melbourne University. His research interests include strategic and organizational change, leadership, and management of knowledge work. His most recent book is Changing Organizational Culture, 2nd edition (2015) edited with Mats Alvesson.Alvesson, Mats: - Mats Alvesson is Professor of Business Administration at Lund University, Sweden, at the University of Queensland Business School, Australia, and at the Cass Business School, London. His research interests include critical theory, gender, leadership, identity and organizational image. His most recent books include The Triumph of Emptiness (2013) and Constructing Research Questions (2013), edited with J. Sandberg.
 
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