Professional identity crisis: balancing the internal and external perception of professional image

✍ Scribed by Andrea Tomo

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 169
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Professional Identity Crisis: Balancing the Internal and External Perception of Professional Image
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Professional Identity: Features and Implications
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Previous Literature on Professional Identity
1.3. Research Design
1.4. Professional Identity Dynamics: Antecedents and Consequences of Identity Struggles
1.4.1. Identity Struggles per Type of Profession
1.5. A Multi-level Approach to Professional Identity Struggles
1.6. Concluding Remarks
Chapter 2 Professionals and Identity Crisis: A Flexibility Matter?
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The Crisis of Professional Identity
2.3. De-professionalization, Precarization, and Proletarianization of Professions
2.4. Why Flexibility Matters
2.4.1. The Role Played by Individuals
2.4.2. The Role Played by Institutions and Organizations
2.4.3. A Flexible Vision
2.5. Concluding Remarks
Chapter 3 Professionals’ Attempts to Manage Uncertainties and De-professionalization: The Case of Italian Accountants
3.1. Introduction
3.2. A Behavioural Perspective in Coping with Hardships: Theory and Hypotheses
3.3. A Peculiar Case Study: The Methodology
3.3.1. Research Context: The Italian Setting
3.3.2. Data and Procedures
3.3.3. Measures
3.4. Findings and Discussion
3.5. Theoretical and Practical Implications
3.6. Future Research Agenda
Conclusion
References
Index