Developmental papers
Developmental Papers
Cross-Disciplinary Insights into Professional Identity Formation (190)
Author/s: Stefanie C Reissner Elizabeth Armitage-Chan
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: cross-disciplinarity, identity work, professional identity formation, review paper
Abstract: This developmental paper reports on a systematic literature review of research on professional identity formation (PIF), i.e. the process by which individuals gain an understanding of who they are as professionals. While PIF has been a central concern in teaching and the health sciences for many years, it remains understudied in management and organization research. By taking a cross-disciplinary approach to comprise PIF research from a wide range of disciplines, this paper not only enables a more comprehensive understanding of the PIF construct and process but also fosters much needed cross-disciplinary learning.
Becoming a Vet: Exploring Changes in Veterinary Students' Professional Self-Understanding (234)
Author/s: Stefanie C Reissner
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: identity work, professional identity formation, sensemaking, veterinarians
Abstract: This paper reports on the findings of an exploratory pilot study of professional identity formation PIF among veterinary students to gain a better understanding of the interplay between self-identity and professional education and socialization. It examines research participants accounts through which they explore their emerging and evolving understanding of what it means to be a veterinarian during their programme of study. The study followed three veterinary students over an 18 month period through repeat interviewing to understand how their professional self understanding develops while moving from the pre clinical to the clinical phase of their studies as well as through the clinical phase towards graduation. The analysis posits that personal interests, likes and dislikes act as stabilizing identity anchors and that professional education and socialization provide identity resources that inform students professional identity work.
Identity Re-negotiation under Conditions of Perpetual Liminality (272)
Author/s: Ingo Winkler
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: identity negotiation, permanent liminality
Abstract: This paper contributes to identity research by investigating how conditions of permanent liminality inform employees identification processes. It grasps the identity struggle of the members of a former university department and explores the dimensions along which their identity negotiation unfolds. Drawing on material collected during a three and a half year at home ethnography, the paper highlights organizational members multiple efforts to negotiate their identity as a response to perpetual liminality and the associated experiences of ambiguity, disorientation, powerlessness, and loss of status.
Investigating Liminality to Understand the Implications of Organisational Sensebreaking Sensegiving Processes on Actors Social Identity Construction in the Workplace (292)
Author/s: Jonathan Andrew Sims Ofelia Palermo Mumin Abubakre
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: Liminality, Identity, Sense making, Sense giving, Sense breaking
Abstract: By taking a dynamic approach to the understanding of liminality, in this study we set to address a key question, namely, what are the implications of organisations superimposed sensebreaking sensegiving dynamics on actors construction of their social identity in the workplace From a theoretical point of view, focusing on such dynamics allows us to magnify the phases that affect actors identity construction processes in the workplace. Literature suggests that liminality is not currently in the foreground of organisational studies Beech, 2011. Empirically, there is scope for unpicking this research problem from an interpretivist stance, which provides an alternative to the more functionalist approaches concerned with the width of the problem rather than its depth.
I Make Sense, Therefore I Am (538)
Author/s: Anna Maria Kimberley
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: identity work, narrative analysis, interpretative phenomenological analysis
Abstract: TITLE: I make sense, therefore I am.
This developmental paper presents findings of the data analysis of a PhD study. The study investigates how black professionals of African origin make sense of their experiences of life and work in Finnish culture.
The methodological approach adopts critical interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), and the methodology used is narrative analysis (NA).
The findings show that, in the process of sensemaking, the participants of the study carry out identity work. All the participants drew from their identities rooted in the cultural values of their respective home cultures. However, the identity work carried out by female participants differed to that of their male counterparts. The female participants maintained a strong sense of women identities, whereas the male participants expressed a sense of identity ambiguity.
Key words: identity work, narrative analysis, interpretative phenomenological analysis
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TOTAL WORD COUNT: (excluding tables and references): 1622
TRACK 8 IDENTITY
Stigmatized Identities And Media In An Atmosphere Of Criminality: A Case Of Homosexual Individuals In India (744)
Author/s: Anupama Kondayya Pearl Malhotra
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: Stigmatized Identity, Identity Development, Media, Homosexuality, Narrative
Abstract: From a country that had a history of acknowledgement of homosexuality, post colonial India has become a country where homosexuality is a stigma and was a crime until recently. However, homosexuals in India have had to come to terms with their identity with this background and with the help of supplementary sources such as the Internet and media in the absence of conversations related to homosexuality in local culture. Indias unique social, legal and cultural framework presents an interesting context to study identity formation as an interaction with media in an atmosphere of taboo, stigma and criminality. We study this phenomenon with Troidens model of homosexual identity formation as the basis and through a narrative study of interviews with Indian homosexual individuals involving semi structured interviews.
Exploring Sri Lankan Immigrants Identity Work Strategies Towards A Research Agenda (758)
Author/s: Gayani Gunasekera Mario Fernando James Reveley
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: Identity work strategies, immigrants, Sri Lankan immigrants, Australian workplaces
Abstract: This developmental paper aims to open a scholarly dialogue on the identity work strategies employed by Sri Lankan immigrants in Australian workplaces. Following Ashforth et al. 2008, we suggest sensebreaking and sensemaking as two temporal states in immigrants identity construction processes. Our thesis suggests that identity work is the link between these two states manifested through identity work strategies. The paper identifies diverse identity work strategies from the identity literature and suggests which strategies are likely to be used by Sri Lankan immigrants in shaping their identities in Australian workplaces.
The Modern Worker: A Framework For Individual Choice (851)
Author/s: Claire Holland
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: identity, mobilities, modern worker
Abstract: The new world of work is upon us and with it brings a period of constant change and new workplace challenges (Bauman, 2000 and Canzler, Kaufmann and Kesselring, 2008). Mirroring societal changes of a focus on the individual, movement from deferred to instant gratification and a desire for flexibility; the modern workforce is changing. Previous research has taken a top down approach, focusing on a governmental and organisational perspective on the future of work (See Hyman and Summers, 2007 and Lewis et al. 2008). This paper takes a bottom up approach, exploring what the modern worker looks like and questions what is shaping individual work choices. The paper draws on findings from a wider piece of ethnographic research which included interviews with lifestyle orientated workers. Findings reflect current work relations tensions with a movement away from governmental and organisational control towards individuals regulating and controlling workplace policies.
Effect of Pay for Performance on Identifications in an Organization (875)
Author/s: Yunjeong Kim Hiroshi Otsuki
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: identity, identification, self-concept orientation, pay for performance, moderation effect
Abstract: The present study quantitatively verifies the relationship between pay for performance system and relational/organizational identification from an identity perspective. This study adopted the self-concept orientation borrowed from studies on social psychology and focused particularly on the moderating/strengthening effect of three levels of self-concept orientation (individual, relational, collective). The study considers the impact of each orientation on the relation of pay for performance plan and identifications in an organization.
An Investigation Into Individual Meaning, Knowledge Production and Research Identities Of Creative Industries Entrepreneurship Scholars To Map Their Academic Careers In Uncertain Time. (888)
Author/s: Stefania Romano Charlotte Carey
Track: Identity
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: Research Identity, Creative Industries Entrepreneurship, Academic Careers
Abstract: This paper investigates the stories of the researchers in creative industries entrepreneurship field to map their research identities and understand academic performances in uncertain times. We start by reviewing relevant literature in the field of identity and creative industries research and then discuss the plan for the research methodology and the findings. This study plans to investigate the academic publication journeys of researchers in the field of creative industries and identify how researchers employ their sense of self to create meaning of their experience Bennett and Hennekam, 2018. We want to ask respondents to tell us the story of their academic publication journey based on the work of Ibarra 2003, Ibarra and Barbulescu 2010 and Bennett and Hennekam 2018. By using a story telling approach we will be able to create meaning of various and contradictory experiences Hoyer and Steyart, 2015. The study will be conducted in the United Kingdom. Data will be collected via questionnaires, focus groups and interviews. Findings will be disseminated via conference papers and publications.