eprintid: 10133884 rev_number: 30 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/13/38/84 datestamp: 2021-09-06 14:01:39 lastmod: 2021-09-30 16:55:37 status_changed: 2021-09-30 16:55:37 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