Chapter 1
Introduction
A kaleidoscopic view of identity struggles at work
Article outline
- Introduction
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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
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