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Critical Perspective on Management and Organisations - Coggle Diagram
Critical Perspective on Management and Organisations
Ideal worker
24/7/365 work cycle
prioritise work ahead of family, personal needs, and even health
Totally committed and available to work
Professional or managerial jobs are rewarded greatly
Professional Identity
comprise of goals, values, beliefs, norms, interaction styles, and time horizons
Expected
= expectation of the organisation
Experienced
= what the employee wants to be
Organisational Mechanism of Identity Control
Structure of work
always prioritising work demands over all other life demands
Being available 24/7
Performance evaluations
Reinforcing the structure of work by rewarding
those who fulfil requirements
Can be rewarded
How do employees cope with conflicting professional identities
Congruence versus conflict
Employees expected + experiences professional identities + in sync + congruent = no conflict
Women, especially with young children = experience the most conflict
How do professionals cope with conflict
‘straying’ from the expected identity
Passing = hiding the truth
Revealing = telling the truth
Tools for straying
Passing
Focusing on cultivating a local client base
Working on internal projects to reduce travel time
Working from home
Revealing
Applying for reduced workloads
Seeking parental and/or carer’s leave
Integrated identify for management strategies for multiple audiences
Spill over of perceptions across audiences
Combining Passing and Revealing