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Croft, Charlotte, Currie, Graeme and Lockett, Andy (2015) Broken 'two-way windows'? An exploration of professional hybrids. Public Administration, 93 (2). pp. 380-394. doi:10.1111/padm.12115 ISSN 0033-3298.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/padm.12115
Abstract
Professional hybrids are situated between managerial and professional groups, potentially enabling them to move between different organizational groups. Extant research assumes that professional hybrids undergo identity transition to overcome the conflicts associated with influencing two distinct organizational realms. However, how these identity conflicts are managed remains unclear. To explore how professional hybrids manage such identity conflicts we consider the experience of nurse hybrids. Drawing on the concept of liminality we argue that influence across multiple groups relies on the construction of a positive liminal space. In contrast, we demonstrate how nurse hybrids occupy a perverse liminal space, perpetuating identity conflict, preventing identity transition, and undermining their effectiveness as hybrids. Our work calls into question the reliance on professional hybrids as an organizational panacea for reform and develops our understanding of individual hybrids.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Public Administration | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0033-3298 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | June 2015 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 93 | ||||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 380-394 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/padm.12115 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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