scholarly journals INTEGRATING ORGANIZATION STUDIES AND COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY: A PROCESS MODEL OF AN ORGANIZING SENSE OF PLACE IN WORKING LIVES

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 654-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Calvard
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Community Psychology ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Working Lives

Fast Tracks and Inner Journeys: Crafting Portable Selves for Contemporary Careers

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianpiero Petriglieri ◽  
Jennifer Louise Petriglieri ◽  
Jack Denfeld Wood
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self In Relation ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
One Year ◽  
Mobile Working ◽  
Over Time

Through a longitudinal, qualitative study of 55 managers engaged in mobile careers across organizations, industries, and countries, and pursuing a one-year international master’s of business administration (MBA), we build a process model of the crafting of portable selves in temporary identity workspaces. Our findings reveal that contemporary careers in general, and temporary membership in an institution, fuel people’s efforts to craft portable selves: selves endowed with definitions, motives, and abilities that can be deployed across roles and organizations over time. Two pathways for crafting a portable self—one adaptive, the other exploratory—emerged from the interaction of individuals’ aims and concerns with institutional resources and demands. Each pathway involved developing a coherent understanding of the self in relation to others and to the institution that anchored participants to their current organization while preparing them for future ones. The study shows how institutions that host members temporarily can help them craft selves that afford a sense of agentic direction and enduring connection, tempering anxieties and bolstering hopes associated with mobile working lives. It also suggests that institutions serving as identity workspaces for portable selves may remain attractive and extend their cultural influence in an age of workforce mobility.

From bread-maker to bomb-builder

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-224
Author(s):  
Tracy Moniz
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Social Constructions ◽  
World War ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Analytical Category ◽  
Second World

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the construction of gender identity in the Canadian television series Bomb Girls (2012-2013), which depicted the lives of women working at a munitions factory during the Second World War. Design/methodology/approach This research is guided by a postmodern feminist and historiographic approach to organization studies. The study involved a qualitative content analysis of the series to explore the construction of gender identity among female factory workers, given traditional social constructions of gender prominent in wartime. Findings In its (re)construction and (re)negotiation of gender identity, Bomb Girls told a story about women’s working lives during the Second World War that reflected themes of independence, resilience and transformation. Research limitations/implications This paper contends that Bomb Girls is a revisionist work of postmodern feminist history that subverts gender norms and retrospectively offers a nuanced and progressive narrative about the lives of Canadian women who entered the workforce during the Second World War. Originality/value This research contributes to historiographical approaches to management and organization studies by bringing a postmodern feminist historical lens to the study of women’s work in a popular culture representation. In doing so, this research responds to long-standing and widespread calls for an “historic turn” in the field as well as for research that addresses gender as a central analytical category.

Continuing the Dialogue on Organization Studies and Community Psychology

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Boyd ◽  
M. Bond ◽  
D. Lounsbury ◽  
C. Lardon ◽  
M. Shinn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Psychology ◽  
Organization Studies

Forward We March: Organization Studies & Community Psychology

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Boyd ◽  
Meg Bond ◽  
Isaac Prilleltensky ◽  
Scot Evans ◽  
Cecile Lardon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Psychology ◽  
Organization Studies
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