Self-doubters, strugglers, storytellers, surfers and others: Images of self-identities in organization studies
Författare
Summary, in English
This article provides an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature. Image refers to the overall idea or conceptualization, capturing how researchers relate to - and shape - a phenomenon. Seven images are suggested: self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers. These refer to how the individual is metaphorically understood in terms of identity, that is, how the researcher (research text) captures the individual producing a sense of self. The article aims to facilitate orientation - or encourage productive confusion - within the field, encourage reflexivity and sharpen analytic choices through awareness of options for how to conceptualize self-identity constructions.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2010
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
193-217
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Human Relations
Volym
63
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Business Administration
Nyckelord
- organizational psychology
- self
- identity
- construction
- discourse
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0018-7267