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identity work: a standalone construct

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identitywork1 CONSTRUCTIdentity workSNOW · ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

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Organizational behavior

the activities people engage in to create, present and sustain personal identities that fit their self-concept.

In organizational behavior, identity work refers to the activities people engage in to create, present and sustain personal identities that fit their self-concept. This meaning comes from Snow (1987) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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  1. Snow, D. A., & Anderson, L. (1987). Identity Work Among the Homeless: The Verbal Construction and Avowal of Personal Identities. American Journal of Sociology, 92(6), 1336-1371. https://doi.org/10.1086/228668

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