Agony and Ecstasy in the Gig Economy: Cultivating Holding Environments for Precarious and Personalized Work Identities

Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 64(1), P. 124 - 170

Published: Feb. 6, 2018

Building on an inductive, qualitative study of independent workers—people not affiliated with organization or established profession—this paper develops a theory about the management precarious and personalized work identities. We find that in absence organizational professional membership, workers experience stark emotional tensions encompassing both anxiety fulfillment working personal conditions. Lacking holding environment provided by organization, we studied endeavored to create one for themselves through cultivating connections routines, places, people, broader purpose. These environments helped them manage broad range emotions stirred up their lives focus producing let define, express, develop selves. Thus transformed workers’ precariousness into tolerable even generative predicament. By clarifying process which people associated identities, thereby render identities viable selves vital, this advances theorizing underpinnings identity systems psychodynamics work.

Language: Английский

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Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work–family Narrative as a Social Defense against the 24/7 Work Culture

Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 65(1), P. 61 - 111

Published: Feb. 14, 2019

It is widely accepted that the conflict between women’s family obligations and professional jobs’ long hours lies at heart of their stalled advancement. Yet research suggests this “work–family narrative” incomplete: men also experience it nevertheless advance; moreover, organizations’ effort to mitigate through flexible work policies has not improved advancement prospects often hurts them. Hence presumed remedy perverse effect perpetuating problem. Drawing on a case study service firm, we develop multilevel theory explain why organizations are caught in conundrum. We present data suggesting work–family explanation become “hegemonic narrative”—a pervasive, status-quo-preserving story prevails despite countervailing evidence. then advance systems-psychodynamic show how use narrative attendant practices as an unconscious “social defense” help employees fend off anxieties raised by 24/7 culture protect organizationally powerful groups—in our case, firm’s leaders—and so doing, sustain workplace inequality. Due social defense, two orthodoxies remain unchallenged—the necessity inescapability The result thin representation senior levels remains place. conclude highlighting contributions work–family, inequality, theory.

Language: Английский

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Identities in and around organizations: Towards an identity work perspective

Human Relations, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 75(7), P. 1205 - 1237

Published: Jan. 26, 2021

There is an emergent identity work perspective that draws on multiple intertwined streams of established identities theorizing and identities-related research. This characterized loosely by five broad sets assumptions: (i) selves are reflexive actively worked on, both in soliloquy social interaction; (ii) multiple, fluid rarely fully coherent; (iii) constructed within relations power; (iv) not helpfully described as either positive or authentic; (v) interesting per se integral to processes organizing. Recognition valuable part because this may act a counterbalance centrifugal tendencies – fed myopia, insularity ethnocentrism which might otherwise lead blinkered research fragmentation. The contribution article provide baseline for scholars, promote collective critical reflection around organizations.

Language: Английский

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Identities in Organization Studies

Organization Studies, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 40(1), P. 7 - 22

Published: March 20, 2018

Identities scholarship, in particular that focused on self-identities, has burgeoned recent years. With dozens of papers identities organizations published this journal by a substantial community, doubtless with more to come, now is an appropriate juncture reflect extant scholarship and its future prospects. I highlight three key strands self-identities research Organization Studies reference six articles collected the associated Perspectives issue journal. In reviewing contribution work made debates nature identities, how are implicated organizational processes outcomes, micro-politics formation, seek also contribute ongoing deliberations raise issues questions for further research. conclude call increased efforts integrate into agendas sub-fields within organization theory.

Language: Английский

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Constructing Organizational Life

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 28, 2019

Across the social sciences, scholars are showing how people “work” on facets of life that were once thought to be beyond human intervention. Facets considered embedded in nature, dictated by God, or shaped macro‐level forces control, now widely understood as socially constructed – made and given meaning through interaction, consequently focus efforts change them. Studies these have explored new forms work including emotion work, identity boundary strategy institutional a host other kinds work. Missing conversations, however, is recognition all part broader phenomenon driven historical shifts began with modernity dramatically accelerated twentieth century. This book explores phenomenon: we propose perspective integrates diverse streams research examine purposefully construct organizational life. We refer social‐symbolic introduce three self organization particularly useful understanding actors The highlights purposeful, reflexive individuals, collective actors, networks world, focuses attention motivations, practices, resources, effects those efforts. Thus, social-symbolic brings back into explanations balances approaches emphasize structure at expense action describe processes without explaining role actors.

Language: Английский

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The shortest path to oneself leads around the world: Living abroad increases self-concept clarity

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 145, P. 16 - 29

Published: Feb. 20, 2018

Language: Английский

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Qualitative interviewing in the field of work and organisational psychology: Benefits, challenges and guidelines for researchers and reviewers

Applied Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 72(2), P. 863 - 889

Published: June 20, 2022

Abstract Empirical research in the field of work and organisational psychology has typically adopted quantitative methods such as surveys or experiments. Comparatively less qualitative interviewing. The aim purpose this article is to provide a practical guide for researchers, especially those more familiar with methods, get started interview approaches. authors decided focus on interviews they are most common method often combined other techniques participant observation This looks at strengths adopting design when conducting empirical fields psychology, challenges faced publishing research. Finally, provides researchers reviewers guidelines effectively executing, evaluating design, highlights exemplary articles top journals that adopt designs.

Language: Английский

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Co-Constructing Community and Entrepreneurial Identity: How Founders Ascribe Self-Referential Meanings to Entrepreneurship

Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 69(2), P. 370 - 416

Published: Feb. 15, 2024

Drawing on a 2.5-year ethnography of first-time founders in coworking facility, I shed light the process by which ascribe self-referential meaning to entrepreneurship—that is, how they develop an entrepreneurial identity situ. discovered that founders’ use space occasioned distinct interaction patterns. Over time, varying interactions played central role whether workspace became community or remained mere office these founders. Such emergent spatial meanings were coupled with themselves developed as entrepreneurs not within their workspace. Founders’ perceptions generally associated identifying more entrepreneurs, while usually linked less, and even disidentifying, entrepreneurs. In explaining dynamics, contribute research space, identity, broader scholarship organizations. For founders, being entrepreneur can be equivocal, where work helps shape answers questions “What is entrepreneurship me?” “Who am I?”

Language: Английский

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The End of Jobs? Paradoxes of Job Deconstruction in Organizations

Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 38(2), P. 177 - 196

Published: Jan. 4, 2024

As organizations seek more adaptive workforces, they are increasingly embracing "deconstructed" jobs as an alternative to traditional jobs. In these emerging work structures, broken down into tasks and projects, matched with the knowledge, skills, abilities of workers in internal labor market. Despite burgeoning popularity job deconstruction a new organizing paradigm—a supposed panacea for rigid their entrenched employees—our article challenges this oversimplified view. We identify several interdependent, persistent paradoxes inherent deconstructed jobs, examine how can navigate consequences. balancing human side deconstruction, we propose way forward that brings workers' experiences discussion, advocating guardrails shield while facilitating productive outcomes mitigating potential adverse impacts. conclude by suggesting key directions future research on important frontier study organizations.

Language: Английский

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Secure-base Relationships as Drivers of Professional Identity Development in Dual-career Couples

Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 64(3), P. 694 - 736

Published: June 7, 2018

Through a qualitative study of 50 dual-career couples, we examine how partners in such couples shape the development each other’s professional identities and they experience interpret relationship between those identities. We found that extent to which shaped depended on couple’s attachment structure, is, whether one partner—or both—experienced other as secure base. Someone comes regard another person base when he or she experiences both dependably supportive encouraging his her exploratory behavior. Couples who had unidirectional secure-base structure experienced conflict their The partner received pursued ongoing identity development, while provided foreclosed it. bidirectional mutual enhancement development. Both engaged it expanded by incorporating attributes partner’s. Building these findings, develop model co-construction relationships breaks new theoretical ground exploring interpersonal highlighting roots dyadic relationship.

Language: Английский

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