This study examines “identity work” among hybrid doctor-managers (DMs) in the Spanish
National Health System to make sense of their managerial roles. In particular, the meanings …

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 …

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

Purpose–Aims to illustrate how the use of a social identity approach can help to refine our
understanding of how organizational professionals experience the introduction of …

Background Social identities shape how individuals perceive their roles and perform their
work. Yet little is known about the identities of various types of NHS managers and even less …

Purpose–The purpose of this article is to describe and analyse the identity challenges that
physicians with medical leadership positions face. Design/methodology/approach–Four …

Although identity research in organizations has increased in recent years, none of the
current perspectives has examined the role of emotion for understanding how individuals …

Physicians are known for safeguarding their professional identities against organisational
influences. However, this study shows how a medical leadership programme enables the …

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 …

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 …