Cross-Domain Identity Transition during Liminal Periods: Constructing Multiple Selves as Professional and Mother during Pregnancy

Ladge, Jamie; Clair, Judith A.; Greenberg, Danna

doi:10.5465/amj.2010.0538

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“…Sveningsson and Alvesson posit, "…specific events, encounters, transitions and surprises, as well as more constant strains, serve to heighten awareness of the constructed quality of self-identity and compel more concentrated identity work" (2003, p. 1165). However, the identity work literature has primarily focused on macro, occupational role transitions (Ladge et al, 2012). Women who pursue professional/ managerial careers, become mothers, and combine career and family experience a complex set of life transitions and decision-points; however, how a woman understands and explains the changes and/or continuity in her sense of self through and across these transitions is far from wellunderstood.…”

Section: Identity Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, scholars contend that individuals engage in identity work throughout the life cycle, especially during times of crisis or significant transition (McAdams, 1999;Sveningsson & Alvesson, 2003). However, the majority of studies have focused on understanding how individuals conduct identity work in the context of micro and macro sequential role transitions at work, with little attention paid to the identity work involved in making transitions in other life domains (Ladge et al, 2012).…”

Section: Identity Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For professional and managerial women, the experience of a first pregnancy is a time when identity work is focused on adapting to the new status of mother while maintaining one's status as professional (Millward, 2006;Ladge et al, 2012). In a recent study, Ladge, Clair and Greenberg (2012) explore how women construct, and respond to, multiple intra-psychic images of themselves as professionals and mothers during a first pregnancy.…”

Section: Identity Work At Key Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…By observing their own behavior as well as the reactions of others, who accept, reject, or renegotiate these public images, they maintain or modify their private self-conceptions " (1999, p.766). Others have uncovered intrapsychic processes, such as producing tentative mental images of who one hopes to be after making a role transition (Ladge, Clair & Greenberg, 2012).…”

Section: Identity Theory and Narrative Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…First, while identity theorists have demonstrated that individuals are most likely to engage in identity work during times of significant change or transition, the primary focus of this research has been sequential occupational role transitions (Ladge et al, 2012), termed "macro role transitions" (Ashforth , 2001). We know little about the identity work that women engage in during the significant transitions that are involved in crafting a life that includes career and family.…”

Section: Gaps In the Literature And Research Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Identity in Transition: Women’s Narrative Identity Work on the Path to Professional and Mother

Bataille

2014

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Although numerous scholars claim that identity is an integral aspect of engaging in work and family, the extant literature falls short of explaining how women's identities evolve over time through the significant transitions involved in pursuing professional careers and raising families. In fact, much of the literature is grounded in the assumption that work and family represent competing identities for women. Missing from this body of literature is a conceptualization of pursuing a professional/managerial career and having a family as a complex set of transitions that provoke the questions, "Who am I?" and "Who/what do I want to be?" Through a narrative study of 35 professional/managerial women, I uncover novel forms of narrative identity work that illuminate how women construct, revise and present their identities as they transition from university students to young professionals, from non-mothers to mothers, and from childless employees to those with childcare responsibilities. Further, I posit that these forms of narrative identity work reflect three higher-order identity processes: identity exploration, identity adaptation, and identity expression. Through a within and between-case examination of the configurations of identity processes across the three transitions, I uncover four dominant patterns that provide novel insights into how women's identities evolve over time on the path to professional and mother.ii

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Section: Identity Workmentioning

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Section: Identity Workmentioning

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Section: Identity Work At Key Transitionsmentioning

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Section: Identity Theory and Narrative Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Gaps In the Literature And Research Questionsmentioning

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2014

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Invisible Labor and Hidden Work

Weidhaas

2017

The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication

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Invisible labor refers to work that frequently receives little or no recognition or monetary reward. Invisible laborers desire a greater appreciation for their efforts, but are often hindered by stigma and the social values associated with a capitalist system. Conversely, hidden work refers to individuals who intentionally obscure their labor for a variety of reasons, including maintaining appropriate role identities, as a form of resistance, and as a means of job security.

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Becoming a Working Mother: Managing Identity and Efficacy Uncertainties During Resocialization

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Greenberg

2015

Human Resource Management

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The work reentry period following the birth of a first child is a time of uncertainty for a professional woman. During reentry, a new mother is often questioning who she is and how effective she can be as a mother and working professional. In this study, we conceptualize reentry as a period of resocialization as we explore the first‐time mother's changing self‐concept during this time. Specifically, we develop a model that explores the identity and efficacy uncertainties that women experience during resocialization. This model draws attention to the influence organizational context has on the degree of uncertainty women experience and to the adjustment tactics women engage to manage their identity and efficacy uncertainty. We discuss the implications these findings have for both socialization research and work‐life theory and practice. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Cross-Domain Identity Transition during Liminal Periods: Constructing Multiple Selves as Professional and Mother during Pregnancy

Cited by 219 publications

References 33 publications

Identity in Transition: Women’s Narrative Identity Work on the Path to Professional and Mother

Identity in Transition: Women’s Narrative Identity Work on the Path to Professional and Mother

Invisible Labor and Hidden Work

Becoming a Working Mother: Managing Identity and Efficacy Uncertainties During Resocialization

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