@article{2013:mayer:who_are,
title = {“Who are you?” – Constructing managerial identities in post-apartheid South Africa},
year = {2013},
note = {This study focuses on the construction of identity concepts and
values, in the process of developing managerial identities within a
selected publically owned utility in South Africa. The methodology
used is a multi-method case study approach which is conducted in the
phenomenological, qualitative research paradigm. The findings show
that managers define themselves in terms of “intra-personal” and
“social identities” which are based on strong individual and
socio-cultural value foundations. Data highlight that managerial
identities are connected to the organisational identity. Seventeen
years after the end of apartheid, managerial identities are no longer
reduced and limited to fixed racial, cultural or professional
identities founded on historic perspectives, but are rather viewed as
a dynamic cross-cultural construct of interpersonal interactions. This
article provides the reader with new insights into managerial identity
constructions in a multicultural public utility setting in
post-apartheid South Africa.},
journal = {mrev management revue},
pages = {288--307},
author = {Mayer, Claude-Hélène and Louw, Lynette},
volume = {24},
number = {4}
}