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Managerial Sensemaking and Occupational Identities in Britain and Italy: The Role of Management Magazines in the Process of Discursive Construction

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  • Tony J Watson
  • Francesca Bargiela‐Chiappini

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Processes of discursive construction in a British and an Italian personnel management magazine are analysed to show the ways in which the magazines, both as genre forms and providers of narratives and discursive resources, provide ‘story boards’ for their readers which are helpful to them when it comes to making sense of the tensions and dilemmas associated with their managerial roles. Tensions and occupational dilemmas generally associated with personnel management work are identified and variations found in the discursive constructions associated with the two magazines are related, with reservations, to cultural and institutional differences between British and Italian human resource management

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  • Tony J Watson & Francesca Bargiela‐Chiappini, 1998. "Managerial Sensemaking and Occupational Identities in Britain and Italy: The Role of Management Magazines in the Process of Discursive Construction," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(3), pages 285-301, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:35:y:1998:i:3:p:285-301
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00094
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    1. Cunha, Miguel Pina e, 2005. "Adopting or adapting? The tension between local and international mindsets in Portuguese management," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 188-202, May.
    2. Miguel Pina e Cunha, 2004. "Adopting or adapting? The tension between local and international mindsets in portuguese management," Nova SBE Working Paper Series wp451, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics.
    3. Glaser-Segura Daniel & Wilson Jennifer & Mudge Suzanne, 2018. "Development of an instructional practices scale for business school curricula," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 12(1), pages 416-424, May.

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