Identity work in the transition from manager to management academic
Abstract
The phenomenon of current practitioners moving into academia is generally welcomed in terms addressing recruitment problems and the perceived benefit of bringing practical experience into the academic setting. Yet the individual practitioner may encounter considerable difficulties with this career transition. This paper identifies the different sources and discourses of credibility – management experience versus academic knowledge – as particularly relevant, and considers the ways in which these “emergent management academics” manage their self‐identities in their day‐to‐day interactions.
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Citation
Blenkinsopp, J. and Stalker, B. (2004), "Identity work in the transition from manager to management academic", Management Decision, Vol. 42 No. 3/4, pp. 418-429. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740410518903
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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