The composition of the American workforce is quickly shifting, with Millennials assuming leadership positions early in their careers due to Baby Boomer generation retirements and the relatively small Generation-X population. Using an exploratory narrative case study design, I empirically documented the leader identity development of seven…

Provides a basis from which to critically examine contemporary identity research, by offering a definition of identity, a constructive criticism of the subject approach, and an empirical approach to studying sense of identity. The empirical approach is based on conceptually sound ideas and leads to important questions about identity modes and the…

Asks a spate of questions about the nature of research and boundaries of identification. Points to numerous ambiguities inherent in the research prescriptions of critical postmodernism writers. Suggests the miasma that the many implications of postmodernist injunctions about identity and representation can become. (DSK)