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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Work identity"”.
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Pregnancy in the Workplace: Stigmatization and Work Identity Management Among Pregnant Employees
As increasing numbers of women enter the workplace, more and more women and their employers are confronted with the issue of combining work, pregnancy, and childbirth. Unfortunately, very little management or organizational psychology research has examined the experiences of pregnant employees in …
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Tradition Under Fire: Values, Role Regulation and Work Identity within the Fire and Rescue Service
… to be a Firefighter.<br/><br/>By focussing on identity during this period of flux, this study considers how Firefighters renegotiate self-images and work orientations in response to their changing environment. This raises the importance of how Firefighter values and identity influence …
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Managing within the challenges & tensions facing the 21st Century UK NHS Managers: NHS Managers’ perceptions of their public image & the implications for their self and work identity.
… perceived public image for their self and work identity. The importance of how managers perceive their self and work identity and how they believe they are perceived by others has implications for their work performance, organisational commitment and satisfaction. Through a qualitative …
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Work-based subjectivity and identity: assisted self-service in contemporary British retailing
… thesis explores the discursive construction of work-based subjectivity and identity. It seeks to analyse both theoretically and empirically how people are 'made up' at work, first, by creating a theoretical framework for exploring the discursive production of work-based subjectivities and …
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Managing everyday identity challenges at work : stories from a biotech company
Work identity, how we view ourselves in a working capacity, is a central part of who we are and an indispensable element of our lives. Yet, difficult moments frequently occur that challenge our identity as competent and worthy workers. The ongoing construction of work identity is the focus of this …
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Unveiling the organisational identity: a spatial approach based on the office. The case of ORES Picardy Wallonia transition towards an activity-based workspace
… influences the construction of an organisation’s identity. More specifically, this research focuses on the introduction of an activity-based workspace, and investigates how the transition towards this new work environment alters the ways of being and of working, and workers’ perceptions of their …
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Histoire à travers identité et mémoire dans Ce que le jour doit à la nuit de Yasmina Khadra
… to identify two prominent concepts in Khadra's work: identity and memory. The question of identity is omnipresent and the different characters represent the different populations involved during the conflict. Identity is strongly linked to the characters' memory of the war and French and …
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Understanding the positive and negative aspects of different calling intensities
… negative relationship between OCI and NFRR, with work identity salience (WIS) serving as a significant mediator. Both engagement types were positively related to both calling intensities and negatively related to NFRR. These results deepen our understanding of calling intensities, engagement, and …
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Persevering Through Stress: An Examination of Professional Rejection During the Job Search
Experiences of and reactions to work-related rejection (referred to as “professional rejection”) have not been thoroughly explored in the I-O psychology literature, yet the outcomes may have important implications for how individuals progress in their careers. Job seekers are uniquely faced with …
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The making of a professional: Insights from four decades within vocational education
… into the complex construction of professional identity among professional administrative staff within New Zealand’s vocational education sector, marking a significant contribution to the discourse on professional identity in this context. Since the beginning of the 21st century, research into …
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The making of a professional: Insights from four decades within vocational education
… into the complex construction of professional identity among professional administrative staff within New Zealand’s vocational education sector, marking a significant contribution to the discourse on professional identity in this context. Since the beginning of the 21st century, research into …
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The role of mobile smartphones manifested in the job crafting behaviors of millennial generation professionals working in a public sector agency
… role in the way we manage and organize our work-life activities and responsibilities. Likewise, significant shifts in workforce demographics are prompting greater attention to the workplace needs of a new, dominant generation: Millennials. Yet, there appears to be a disparity in our …
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A breath of fresh air: Breathing stories of the lived experiences of asthma and sporting embodiment
… of identities (e.g., athletic identity - asthma identity) through ‘emotion work’ and ‘somatic (auditory) work’ in which a concern with the body is central. The findings are represented as a typology consisting of Conformers, Contesters and Creators, which may be used as a …
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Baristas: The artisan precariat
My research on the work identit(ies) of baristas demonstrates that different workplaces, in conjunction with individual biographies, produce different kinds of work identities. Connected to these differences are the actual and perceived levels of skill and/or social status ascribed to workers …
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Platform work in Bengaluru: worker articulations and platform design in India's informal economy
… telling us how digital labour platforms impact workers. The fear inherent in this discourse comes from the fact that many global North workers are faced with only ‘casualized' platform work rather than job opportunities that come with career progression, steady increments to their incomes, and …
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"Do You Want Excitement? Don't Join the Army, Be a Nurse!": Identity Work and Advantage among Men in Training for the Female Professions
This study examines the identity work strategies that men students in nursing, elementary education, and social work programs employ in order to manage and assert their masculinity in the face of negative gender assessment, as well as the identity work involved in verifying their professional …
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Identity Journeys: Life Stories of Women Adopted Transnationally As Children
… powerful way of shaping a person's worldview and identity. </p> <p>This study utilized the autobiographical narrative to explore and compare how women in young adulthood who were transnationally and transracially adopted regarded their identity formation through examination of the narratives …