eprintid: 10133884
rev_number: 30
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2021-09-06 14:01:39
lastmod: 2021-09-30 16:55:37
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Sergeeva, N
creators_name: Kortantamer, D
title: Enriching the concept of authentic leadership in project-based organisations through the lens of life-stories and self-identities
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F37
keywords: Authentic leadership, Project-based organisations, Narratives Self-identities, Stories
note: Crown Copyright © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
abstract: The tendency to present authentic leadership as a set of project manager attributes (e.g., characteristics, behaviours, competencies) limits the potential of this concept to help address the challenges of contemporary projects. Using the lens of self-identity and drawing on life-story interviews with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of public project-based organisations in the UK construction industry, this paper offers an enrichment of the authentic leadership concept that takes into account situated nuances and struggles encountered in the lived experiences of leaders. The findings reveal a dialogical process between more coherent narratives and personalised stories articulated by the leaders, continued interweaving stories of self and the context, and ongoing efforts to cope with relational anxieties, authenticity and self-identity struggles. It is shown that these processes are situated in cultural values, roles, institutionalised views of leadership and the broader context, and shape the contextual conditions for project work.
date: 2021-10
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2021.09.001
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1884883
doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2021.09.001
lyricists_name: Sergeeva, Natalya
lyricists_id: NSERG57
actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie
actors_id: MDDEW97
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: International Journal of Project Management
volume: 39
number: 7
pagerange: 815-825
citation:        Sergeeva, N;    Kortantamer, D;      (2021)    Enriching the concept of authentic leadership in project-based organisations through the lens of life-stories and self-identities.                   International Journal of Project Management , 39  (7)   pp. 815-825.    10.1016/j.ijproman.2021.09.001 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2021.09.001>.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10133884/9/Sergeeva_1-s2.0-S0263786321001022-main.pdf