...Lis Camelia; Agnes Elling; Manou Anselma; Jacco van Sterkenburg Purpose The goal of this article is to introduce a conceptual fundament on which alternative narratives of sport heroes can be accessed and analyzed as tools that capture the negotiation of belonging in the city. Design/methodology...

...Elena Ponzoni; Halleh Ghorashi; Sylvia van der Raad Purpose In this study the authors show how discursive spaces both enable and constrain the inclusion of first-generation refugees. For this purpose the authors analyzed a triptych of narratives from first-generation refugees, employers...

...Silvia Gherardi; Annalisa Murgia Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the relationships between gender and management in the narratives of students. More specifically, the authors discuss how the discourse on management is mobilized as a discursive practice able to make some form...

...Greer Johnson; Stephen Billett; Darryl Dymock; Gregory Martin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a methodological demonstration of how written and visual language in narrative and small stories about older workers might be read in multiple ways as supporting and/or constraining recent...

... between work and non‐work are analysed, paying specific attention to the processes of gender positioning. Design/methodology/approach The research is based on the analysis of 60 narrative interviews with men and women working in the Italian public sector (the civil service and the health service...