Role Transitions in Organizational Life : An Identity-based Perspective.
Title:
Role Transitions in Organizational Life : An Identity-based Perspective.
Author:
Ashforth, Blake.
ISBN:
9781410600035
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (370 pages)
Series:
Organization and Management Series
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Roles and Role Transitions -- What Are Roles? -- What Are Role Transitions? -- Overview of the Role Transition Process -- Additional Themes -- Conclusion -- 2 Role Identities -- Social Identity Theory and Identity Theory -- Integrating the Two Theories -- Development of Role Identities -- Temporary Role Identities -- Conclusion -- 3 Psychological Motives Aroused by Role Transitions -- Psychological Motives -- Role Identification, Role Disidentification, and Ambivalence -- Why Do Role Identification and Disidentification Matter? -- Conclusion -- 4 Attributes of Role Transitions -- Low-Magnitude Versus High-Magnitude Transitions -- Socially Desirable Versus Socially Undesirable Transitions -- Voluntary Versus Involuntary Transitions -- Predictable Versus Unpredictable Transitions -- Collective Versus Individual Transitions -- Long Versus Short Duration of Transition Period -- Reversible Versus Irreversible Transitions -- Regular Versus Irregular Transitions -- Conclusion -- 5 Role Exit -- Origins of Role Exit -- Stage 1: First Doubts -- Stage 2: Seeking and Weighing Alternatives -- Stage 3: The Turning Point -- Stage 4: Creating an Exrole -- Expanding the Ebaugh (1988) Model -- Conclusion -- 6 Role Entry: Situational Context -- Strong Versus Weak Situations -- Entry Shock -- Socialization Tactics -- Rites of Passage: Transition and Incorporation -- Normalization -- Conclusion -- 7 Role Entry: Individual Dynamics -- Role Learning -- Role Innovation -- Individual Differences -- The ABCs of Role Identification -- Social Validation -- Stress -- Conclusion -- 8 Role Transitions and the Life Span -- Within-Role Transition Cycles -- Between-Role Transition Cycles -- Career Transition Cycles.
Age Dynamics -- Conclusion -- 9 Micro Role Transitions -- Role Boundaries and Role Identities -- The Role Segmentation-Role Integration Continuum -- Role Transitions Over Time: The Development of Scripts and Schemas -- Individual Differences -- Extending the Basic Framework -- Conclusion -- 10 Epilogue: Summary and Major Themes -- Summary of Major Arguments -- Major Themes -- Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
Identity-based approaches to understanding thoughts, feelings, and actions in organizations have produced, particularly in recent years, an array of rich insights that have broadened the domain of organizational behavior. This book brings these insights together in one complete source and uses them collectively to stretch further the boundaries of the discipline. Blake Ashforth accomplishes this goal by creating new ways of viewing the many forms of role transitions evident in organizational life. He looks at role transitions people make during the workday (i.e., from spouse/parent to employee) and studies the identity and status issues faced. This unique authored book also creatively accomplishes two scholarly objectives. First, it provides a needed review, critique, and integration of what is known about being socially defined in an organizational context; and second, it provides fresh and intriguing perspectives on the dynamics of role engagement and disengagement both within and between organizations. This book will appeal to psychologists, managers, and lifespan development researchers interested in the transitions people make as they go through life.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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