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

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 …

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

We investigate how established professionals manage their identities in the face of identity
threats from a contested shift in the professional logic that characterizes their field. To do so …

The present study explored the multiple identities held by health professionals in a large
public hospital that was experiencing organizational change that involved the transition from …

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 …

Professional identity is how professionals identify themselves in their work role. Practicing
clinicians working in multidisciplinary teams soon discover their professional identities must …

We investigated how professional role identity change can be accomplished in highly
institutionalized contexts characterized by resiliency. We show that the collective …

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