While hybrid managers are increasingly important in contemporary organizations (especially
in the public sector), we know little about why or how they become hybrid managers, or how …

We examine the 'identity work'of manager–professional 'hybrids', specifically medical
professionals in managerial roles in the British National Health Service, to maintain and …

Increasing attention has been paid in both public administration and organizational theory to
understanding how physicians assume a 'hybrid'role as they take on managerial …

Purpose–This article is drawn from doctoral research exploring the identity struggles faced
by professionals who take on management and leadership roles. The research focused on …

Professional hybrids are situated between managerial and professional groups, potentially
enabling them to move between different organizational groups. Extant research assumes …

Hybrid professional managers appear less effective in introducing management into public
professional settings than policymakers hope. To date, research has offered little …

Purpose–The primary purpose of this paper is to critically explore managers' experience of
work identity in the National Health Service (NHS). Design/methodology/approach–This …

This research note synthesizes sociology of work and organization studies literatures, to
outline a research agenda examining the identity transition of nurses. Academic studies …

Recent literature on hybridity has provided useful insights into how professionals have
responded to changing institutional logics. Our focus is on how shifting logics have shaped …

Many of us increasingly experience our personal and working lives through a range of
categories and classifications that have come to be strongly associated with the formal …