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Critical Perspectives on Management and Organizations (Professional…
Critical Perspectives on Management and Organizations
Ideal Worker
Expected to prioritise work
Total committed and always available
Richly rewarded if expectation is embraced
Professional Identity
Main forms of professional identities
Expected: Employer expectations and beliefs
Experienced: Own expectations and beliefs
Expect workers to conform to the ideal worker image
Conflict arises when worker's experienced professional identity does not meet the ideal worker image
Expectation leads to gender inequality
Coping Strategies
Tools for Straying
Personally altering the work/Passing
Working from home
Working on internal projects
Focusing on cultivating local client base
Pursue assistance in restructuring the work/Revealing
Seeking parental leave
Appeal for less workload
Hiding or Sharing Personal
Shifting between both depending on whether it'll alter their work structure
Passing
Intentional or accidental misrepresentation of membership in favored group
Revealing
Intentional or accidental disclosure of non-membership in favored group
Mechanisms of control
Structure of work
always prioritizing works demand over other life demands
always being available to employers
Performance evaluations
rewarding (i.e: promotions, salary increments, non- monetary rewards) for those who fulfill the "expected" professionals identity requirements
Structure of work + Performance evaluations
creates a self- fulfilling of professionals continuously adopting the "expected" professional identity
Consequence of integrated identity management