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Identity Struggles: Evidence from workplaces around the world
Edited by Dorien Van De Mieroop and Stephanie Schnurr
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 69] 2017
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Chapter 1
Introduction

A kaleidoscopic view of identity struggles at work

Article outline
  • Introduction
  • A shared approach, centered around several overarching themes
    • Struggling to construct professional competence
    • Struggling to (de-)construct in-group membership
    • Struggling to combine (sometimes competing) expectations
    • Struggling to define identity boundaries
  • Conceptualising identity
    • A framework to study identity construction
  • Researching identity struggles at work
  • Towards a kaleidoscopic approach to identity
  • References
Published online: 26 April 2017
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