Minding the Gaps in Managers’ Self-Realisation: The Values-Based Leadership Discourse of a Diaconal Organisation

Work is an important source of meaning for managers in modern organisations. This article explores a leadership discourse diaconal organisation and aims at analysing managers’ notions self-realisation. Based on case study Norwegian hospital, the answers following research question: What characterises self-realisation within organisation? The findings foreground how emphasise individuation through pro-social values, draw hospital’s distinct when addressing dilemmas connect values to core work. However, are also marked by individualisation that they adopt elements from generic discourse, where managerial work means launch their own potential, express personal ideals foster individual development. discusses this primarily emerges as rather than individualisation, which prominent discourses. These two categories intersect predominant values-based discourse.