There is an emergent identity work perspective that draws on multiple intertwined streams of
established identities theorizing and identities-related research. This perspective is …

Identities, people's subjectively construed understandings of who they were, are and desire
to become, are implicated in, and thus key to understanding and explaining, almost …

Organizations face institutional complexity whenever they confront incompatible
prescriptions from multiple institutional logics. Our interest is in how plural institutional logics …

This paper develops grounded theory on how receiving respect at work enables individuals
to engage in positive identity transformation and the resulting personal and work-related …

This paper investigates how leaders construct 'loss' identity narratives which defuse the
scope for external attack and sustain self-meanings. We draw on a sample of 31 United …

This article explores how experienced leaders address an inherent tension between leader
role expectations and leader role identities when they enter a new position. Building on …

Conceived as the meanings that individuals attach to their selves, a substantial stockpile of
identities-related theorizing, accumulated across the arts, social sciences, and humanities …

Middle managers often find themselves in a challenging position: They have to impress
different audiences in somewhat incompatible ways and represent and enact managerial …

This study explores the sources and triggers of positivity during a major organizational
change. The qualitative research methodology is developed around discovering and …

This longitudinal case study evaluates the strategic responses of Western retail
transnational corporations (TNCs) to China's business environment. It explicates how …