This paper provides a comprehensive review of continuity and change in the roles
associated with the HR function and the tensions they entail, systematically covering over 50 …

The aim of this article is to review a selection of the literature on identity at work in
Management and Organization Studies (MOS) in order to raise critical questions concerning …

The ability of individuals to accommodate the emotional transition into roles requiring the
construction of a leader identity is an under-researched phenomenon. To address this …

Architecture represents a creative, high profile and influential profession and yet remains
under-theorized from a gender perspective. This article examines how gender is (re) …

Professional identities shape the way the members of a profession interact with their clients
and society. As librarians are service-oriented professionals, a discursively informed …

Purpose Based on the human resources (HR) role framework (Conner and Ulrich, 1996), the
purpose of this paper is to empirically explore why HR practitioners differ in their strategic …

Our jobs are often a big part of our identities, and when we are fired, we can feel confused,
hurt, and powerless—at sea in terms of who we are. Drawing on extensive, real-life …

Professional bodies have traditionally played a core role in professionalization, setting the
ideals for professional identity, knowledge and practice. However, the emergence of …

This article investigates how human resources (HR) practitioners operate, and understand
themselves, as professionals, and considers the implications for understanding HR …

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