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God-like or just like you?

Vonk, Jelle LU and Fox, Carolyn (2013) BUSN49 20131
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
Purpose:
Management autobiographies are an important discourse in
today’s management literature and we believe that they have
become a great influence on management practitioners. In this
study we aim to analyse how CEOs portray themselves in their
autobiographies.

Methodology:
Our data consists of four selected autobiographies from the
criteria that they should be bestsellers, written by a CEO and
have been recently published. We have used a hermeneutical
approach and techniques to find potential themes.

Theoretical perspective:
Studies on management fashions, management gurus and
management autobiographies.

Empirical data:
The empirical data consist of written texts represented by four
popular management... (More)
Purpose:
Management autobiographies are an important discourse in
today’s management literature and we believe that they have
become a great influence on management practitioners. In this
study we aim to analyse how CEOs portray themselves in their
autobiographies.

Methodology:
Our data consists of four selected autobiographies from the
criteria that they should be bestsellers, written by a CEO and
have been recently published. We have used a hermeneutical
approach and techniques to find potential themes.

Theoretical perspective:
Studies on management fashions, management gurus and
management autobiographies.

Empirical data:
The empirical data consist of written texts represented by four
popular management autobiographies.

Conclusions:
The authors portray themselves in a continuous interplay
between the familiar and the exceptional, where they are god-like. The authors do this by telling different stories from their
lives, which also illustrate their ideas about life and business (Less)
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author
Vonk, Jelle LU and Fox, Carolyn
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A qualitative study on how CEOs portray themselves in their autobiographies
course
BUSN49 20131
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Management autobiographies, CEO, management books, guru literature, management fashions
language
English
id
3798796
date added to LUP
2013-06-17 12:43:41
date last changed
2013-06-17 12:43:41
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  abstract     = {{Purpose:
Management autobiographies are an important discourse in 
today’s management literature and we believe that they have 
become a great influence on management practitioners. In this 
study we aim to analyse how CEOs portray themselves in their 
autobiographies.

Methodology:
Our data consists of four selected autobiographies from the 
criteria that they should be bestsellers, written by a CEO and 
have been recently published. We have used a hermeneutical 
approach and techniques to find potential themes.

Theoretical perspective:
Studies on management fashions, management gurus and 
management autobiographies.

Empirical data:
The empirical data consist of written texts represented by four 
popular management autobiographies.

Conclusions:
The authors portray themselves in a continuous interplay 
between the familiar and the exceptional, where they are god-like. The authors do this by telling different stories from their
lives, which also illustrate their ideas about life and business}},
  author       = {{Vonk, Jelle and Fox, Carolyn}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{God-like or just like you?}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}