-
Identity struggle, professional development and career: A career/life history of a human resource management professional
September 4, 2013 Editor 0
Abstract
Purpose – Through a single-person career/life history of a human resource (HR) manager, the purpose of this paper is to illuminate the relationship between professional identity and “being” a manager in the context of a “whole life”. Design/methodology/approach – The approach of this paper is to use an extended interview with a single HR management professional to consider the complexities and discontinuities of managing a professional and personal life. The interview is considered in light of Alvesson’s seven images of self-identity. Findings – Managers are constantly negotiating a professional identity, “being” a manager and a career in the context of their whole life. In developing managers in an increasingly stressful and competitive environment, the intersection between the various elements of a manager’s life should be taken into account. Research limitations/implications – Closer attention should be paid to the lives of managers in the context of their identity and careers. Research should more closely consider, in detail, the lived experiences of managers and professionals. Practical implications – Management development should focus on lived experiences of managers rather than competency and skill development. Managerial performance is related to the coping and sensemaking that occurs within specific contexts and management development professionals should focus more on these aspects of a “managerial life”. Originality/value – The value of the paper is in highlighting the importance of very focussed and very personal management development.
Go to SourceRelated Posts
Get Your Virtual Team Off to a Fast Start
Increase Workplace Flexibility and Boost Performance
Develop the Leaders You’ve Been Overlooking
Live Web Event: Developing Your Innovation Competency – A Three Stage Model
How a Bathtub-Shaped Graph Helped a Company Avoid Disaster
Your Business Model Is Killing Innovation
Categories: Management
An analysis of the contribution of leadership to organisational performance using complexity science Reverse innovation in global health systems: towards global innovation flow.
Subscribe to our stories
Recent Posts
- Entrepreneurial Alertness, Innovation Modes, And Business Models in Small- And Medium-Sized Enterprises December 30, 2021
- The Strategic Role of Design in Driving Digital Innovation June 10, 2021
- Correction to: Hybrid mosquitoes? Evidence from rural Tanzania on how local communities conceptualize and respond to modified mosquitoes as a tool for malaria control June 10, 2021
- BRIEF FOCUS: Optimal spacing for groundnuts in smallholder farming systems June 9, 2021
- COVID-19 pandemic: impacts on the achievements of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa June 9, 2021
Categories
Archives
Popular Post-All time
- A review on biomass-based... 1k views
- Can blockchain disrupt ge... 795 views
- Apply Now: $500,000 for Y... 791 views
- Test Your Value Propositi... 748 views
- Prize-winning projects pr... 721 views