Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the struggles of managerial identity in relation to the process of becoming/being a manager, and the personal conflicts involved within this process. Design/methodology/approach – In a qualitative, longitudinal project, five managers were...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to describe the determinants of profitability in terms of the strategic profitability model (the Du Pont model), depicting the “route” to high profitability in grocery retail stores located in market areas possessing dissimilar competitive conditions....

Purpose – The article aims to analyze how personal development training influences managers' identity processes. Design/methodology/approach – The article, taking an interpretive‐critical approach, is based on a qualitative, longitudinal study of five participants (managers) in a personal...