This article describes the role of personal development training in managers’ identity processes. Personal development … training constitutes a local management discourse, which can influence both identity work and identity regulation processes … development training. The training provokes different processes of identity work and identity regulation, and managers actively …

Purpose – The article aims to analyze how personal development training influences managers' identity processes. Design … related personnel) were conducted and 13 observations were made. Findings – Personal development training provokes identity … regulation by prescribing a normative identity process that claims managers should engage in a process of reflection in order to …