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Critical Perspectives on Management - Coggle Diagram
Critical Perspectives on Management
An ideal worker and the professional identity
who is an ideal worker?
what is a professional identity
two main forms of professional identities:
expected - paramount importance
experiences - own expectations + beliefs
organisation expect workers to conform to ideal worker image
role identity = goals, values, beliefs, norms
conflict arises when worker not meet ideals
Controlling professional identity
organisational mechanisms of identity control
performance of work
structure of work
Consequences of using integrated identity management strategies
Gender differences
Women
Less likely to engage with identity strategies that allows passing to high-status audiences
More likely to reveal
Utilise formal accommodations provided by employer
Men
Equally like to use passing
Use revealing identity
External perceptions and performance evaluation
High performance ratings given to
Those who use passing
Those who embrace the expected professional identity
Improved career path
Low performance rating given to
Those who use revealing identity management strategies to cope with conflict
Unstable career path
Employees coping with conflicting professional identities
Congruence versus conflict
Integrated identity management strategies for multiple audiences
Factors influencing passing/revealing
audience status
closeness of relationship
perceived access to formal accommodations
extremity of the conflict experienced
Spillover of perceptions
Passing to high status = passing to equal or low status
Revealing to colleagues = informal restructuring of work
Revealing to high status = revealing to broader audiences