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The impact of emotionally important social identities on the construction of a managerial leader identity : a challenge for nurses in the English National Health Service
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Croft, Charlotte, Currie, Graeme and Lockett, Andy (2015) The impact of emotionally important social identities on the construction of a managerial leader identity : a challenge for nurses in the English National Health Service. Organization Studies, 36 (1). pp. 113-131. doi:10.1177/0170840614556915 ISSN 0170-8406.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840614556915
Abstract
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 research gap we consider the experience of 32 nurse managers undergoing a leadership development programme, exploring how an emotional attachment to their professional group identity may cause identity conflict during the construction of a managerial leader identity. We consider how competing desired identities can result in negative emotional experiences, calling into question existing work, which assumes that desired group identities are congruent with leader identities. Our work suggests that identity work can mitigate identity conflict at the individual level, enabling nurse managers to function in their role, but emotional distress will continue due to a perceived loss of professional identity and group influence. We contend it is only by eschewing an emotional attachment to a professional group identity that nurse managers will be able to overcome this negative emotional experience.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Leadership, Organizational sociology, Organizational sociology -- Research -- Case studies, Nursing -- Great Britain | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Organization Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0170-8406 | ||||
Official Date: | January 2015 | ||||
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Volume: | 36 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 113-131 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0170840614556915 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) |
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