Abstract
Based on an autoethnographic study of early career researchers’ field
research experiences, we show how individuals deal with moments of
discrimination that present identity threats. This is accomplished
through participating in the construction of a shared holding
environment to provide emotional shelter and resources for resultant
identity work. We show how they collectively develop anticipatory
responses to future identity threats and inadvertently how this allows
the effects of discrimination to be both unchallenged and amplified. We
draw implications for identity work theory, adding to current
understandings of identity threats, tensions, and challenges and the
dynamics through which these are addressed, avoided, or worked around,
as well as the shadow side of such activities. We also offer practical
implications about the business schools’ role in nurturing early career
researchers’ identity work.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Management Learning |
| Volume | Online First |
| Early online date | 11 Mar 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 11 Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- Identity
- Identity threats
- Identity work
- Business schools
- Field research
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