A Identidade Gerencial de Chefes de Departamento de Universidades Federais em Minas Gerais

Currently, the issue of identity emerges as a central concept in the studies regarding the singularities of individuals atwork. Although the conceptual conceptions are different, they refer to the representations that individuals elaborateabout themselves and others, being constructed in relation with the other, as a result of several socializationprocesses. Therefore, the organizations may be considered a privileged space of construction of identities. Theresearch aims at comprehending how the heads of departments build their identities at work. Heads of academicdepartments of two federal universities in Minas Gerais were interview, and their depositions were analyzed bymeans of thematic analysis. The depositions indicate the configuration of a multifaceted identity, once theenvironment in which they work confers upon them and requires a specific performance, with a term, variabletargets, and a decision-making process mixed with interests and power relations which are not always clear.