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Identity Work in the Transition from Manager to Management Academic

Lookup NU author(s): Dr John Blenkinsopp

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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 article 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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Author(s): Blenkinsopp J, Stalker B

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Management Decision

Year: 2004

Volume: 42

Issue: 3/4

Pages: 418-429

ISSN (print): 0025-1747

ISSN (electronic): 1758-6070

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251740410518903

DOI: 10.1108/00251740410518903

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