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<sec><h3>Background and research aims</h3>
<p>Since scholarly texts on management have been criticised as being no longer effective in communicating today's changing sociocultural, disciplinary, and practical contexts, my purpose in this paper is to conceptualise the identity options management authors can assume to communicate disciplinary knowledge and beliefs.</p>
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<sec><h3>Theoretical perspective</h3>
<p>The theoretical perspectives involved in this analysis include selected aspects of <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_ijcm-2021-0007_ref_018">Harré and van Langenhove's (1999)</xref> positioning theory that I linked with my model of writer identity as a trichotomy of selves (individual self, collective self, depersonalised self), textually conveyed in the three types of voice (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_ijcm-2021-0007_ref_031">Lehman, 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_ijcm-2021-0007_ref_032">Lehman and Sułkowski, 2020</xref>).</p>
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<sec><h3>Key findings</h3>
<p>Based on this conceptual framework, specific advice is provided as to how academics can create a reader-inclusive or authoritative writer persona in their texts. In doing so, I support the recent efforts in Critical Management Studies (CMS) to ‘write differently’ in order to address the aesthetic, moral, and political concerns of writing in the field.</p>
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Background and research aims
Since scholarly texts on management have been criticised as being no longer effective in communicating today's changing sociocultural, disciplinary, and practical contexts, my purpose in this paper is to conceptualise the identity options management authors can assume to communicate disciplinary knowledge and beliefs.

Theoretical perspective
The theoretical perspectives involved in this analysis include selected aspects of Harré and van Langenhove's (1999) positioning theory that I linked with my model of writer identity as a trichotomy of selves (individual self, collective self, depersonalised self), textually conveyed in the three types of voice (Lehman, 2018; Lehman and Sułkowski, 2020).

Key findings
Based on this conceptual framework, specific advice is provided as to how academics can create a reader-inclusive or authoritative writer persona in their texts. In doing so, I support the recent efforts in Critical Management Studies (CMS) to ‘write differently’ in order to address the aesthetic, moral, and political concerns of writing in the field.

Exploring identity positionings in scholarly texts on management

International Journal of Contemporary Management

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Background and research aims
Since scholarly texts on management have been criticised as being no longer effective in communicating today's changing...

Types of intentional positionings(source: Harré & van Langenhove, 1999)	Corresponding identity facets(source: Lehman, 2018; Lehman and Sułkowski, 2020)	Rhetorical expressions of voice
Deliberate self-positioning	The individual self	Rhetorical expressions of individual ‘I’ voiceThe writer establishes authority for the content of their writing.The writer communicates their attitude and feelings towards the content of their writing.
Deliberate positioning of others	The collective self	Rhetorical expressions of collective ‘C’ voiceThe writer engages themselves in a dialogue with the reader.The writer involves the reader in the argument construction.
Forced self-positioning and forced positioning of others	The depersonalized self	Rhetorical expressions of depersonalised ‘D’ voiceWriters align their writing with the rhetorical conventions sanctioned in their disciplinary community.Writers efface their commitment to the claims being made.

Exploring identity positionings in scholarly texts on management

Article Category: Research Article

Publicado en línea: 23 ago 2022

Páginas: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcm-2021-0007

Palabras clave
writing differently, management writing, positioning theory, writer identity, authorial voice

© 2021 Iga Lehman, published by Sciendo

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Textual positionings of writer identity

Exploring identity positionings in scholarly texts on management

Article Category: Research Article

Publicado en línea: 23 ago 2022

Páginas: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcm-2021-0007

Palabras clavewriting differently, management writing, positioning theory, writer identity, authorial voice

© 2021 Iga Lehman, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Textual positionings of writer identity

Palabras clave
writing differently, management writing, positioning theory, writer identity, authorial voice