Feelings Of Identity Research Articles

Creativity in non‐routine jobs: The role of transformational leadership and organizational identification

An increasing number of individuals work in jobs with little standardization and repetition, that is, with high levels of job non‐routinization. At the same time, demands for creativity are high, which raises the question of how employees can use job non‐routinization to develop creativity. Acknowledging the importance of social processes for creativity, we propose that transformational leaders raise feelings of organizational identification in followers and that this form of identification then helps individuals to develop creativity in jobs with little routinization. This is because organizational members evaluate and promote those ideas as more creative, which are in line with a shared understanding of creativity within the organization. To investigate these relationships, we calculated a mediated moderation model with 173 leader–follower dyads from China. Results confirm our hypotheses that transformational leadership moderates the relationship between job non‐routinization on employee creativity through organizational identification. We conclude that raising feelings of social identity is a key task for leaders today, especially when working in uncertain and fast developing environments with little repetition and the constant need to develop creative ideas.

Transitory and Dispositional Facets of Ethnic Identity in Latinx Adolescents: A Mixed-Method Analysis

Objective: This research reexamines common conceptualizations of ethnic identity as a relatively stable, dispositional-like construct—in contrast to constructionist theories that emphasize the contextual, situational, and transitory nature of ethnic identity—and integrates the two frameworks. Method: Two studies investigate Latinx ethnic identity in middle school youth in inner-city New York, NY. The first study consisted of in-depth interviews with 27 Latinx youths and their mothers. The second study was a two-wave longitudinal study of 800 youths with a 6-month interval between interviews. All participants self-identified as Dominican or Puerto Rican. Results: Results reinforce the need to integrate dispositional and constructionist perspectives and to represent expressions of ethnic identity as having stable facets, transitory facets, and unique facets that can have little relation to underlying feelings about pride/insertion. Conclusions: The unique and transitory facets of manifest expressions of ethnic identity are more prevalent than those representing stable, dispositional-like feelings of ethnic identity. Conceptual and methodological approaches to ethnic identity will benefit by including constructionist perspectives on the construct and the measurement strategies to assess it.

Evergreen Ash: Ecology and Catastrophe in Old Norse Myth and Literature. Christopher Abram. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019. Pp. vii+240.

<i>Evergreen Ash: Ecology and Catastrophe in Old Norse Myth and Literature</i>. Christopher Abram. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019. Pp. vii+240.

Transsexuality: Transitions, detransitions, and regrets in Spain

IntroductionHealth care demand by transsexual people has recently increased, mostly at the expense of young and adolescents. The number of people who report a loss of or change in the former identity feeling (identity desistance) has also increased. While these are still a minority, we face more and more cases of transsexual people who ask for detransition and reversal of the changes achieved due to regret. ObjectiveTo report our experience with a group of transsexual people in detransition phase, and to analyze their personal experience and their associated conflicts. Material and methodsA cohort of 796 people with gender incongruence attending the Identity Gender Unit of Doctor Peset University Hospital from January 2008 to December 2018 was studied. Four of the eight documented cases of detransition and/or regret are reported as the most representative. ResultsCauses of detransition included identity desistance, non-binary gender variants, associated psicomorbidities, and confusion between sexual identity and sexual orientation. ConclusionDetransition is a growing phenomenon that implies clinical, psychological, and social issues. Inadequate evaluation and use of medicalization as the only means to improve gender dysphoria may lead to later detransition in some teenagers. Comprehensive care by a multidisciplinary and experienced team is essential. As there are no studies reporting the factors predictive of detransition, caution is recommended in cases of atypical identity courses.

La puesta en valor turístico del patrimonio cultural en fase de desaparición. Una oportunidad para los territorios de interior. Los casos de los monasterios de Vilabertran, Scala Dei y Escornalbou, en Catalunya

Los territorios de interior que poseen un importante patrimonio cultural en fase de destrucción tienen la oportunidad de restaurarlo y rehabilitarlo, poniéndolo en valor turístico. De esta manera, no solamente reafirman el sentimiento de identidad local y promocionan su cultura sino que también ayudan a su desarrollo económico, recibiendo nuevos visitantes, ávidos de consumir cultura e historia, y que, no solamente redescubren estos conjuntos monumentales, habiéndose informado previamente de las principales características de la visita, sino que, además, efectúan otros gastos adicionales en sus alrededores, lo que permite crear nuevos puestos de trabajo y mejorar la renta personal de la comunidad local.En este trabajo se analiza la evolución de la cantidad anual de visitantes recibidos en los últimos quince años en tres complejos religiosos que sufrieron su abandono y destrucción a partir de la desamortización de Mendizábal, y cuya restauración y puesta a punto ha permitido situarlos dentro del circuito turístico y cultural de los monasterios catalanes.Para ello se ha utilizado una serie de datos estadísticos oficiales y descriptivos; así como los resultado de una encuesta personal realizada al azar a los visitantes de estos monumentos, confirmando que manifiestan un alto grado de satisfacción con la visita y que están dispuestos a repetirla o, al menos, promocionarla.

Rethinking Utopia: the search for ‘topias’ in the Paris catacombs

ABSTRACT Taking as its starting point the argument that obsession with Utopia has begun to decline, this paper considers what might replace the concept in the twenty-first century. The paper continues by drawing on the important work of Peter Sloterdijk and Tony Blackshaw to accentuate the point that the good life is less about following grand narratives than it is about inventing oneself through a process of self-creation that has been referred to as anthropotechnics. With this idea in mind, the paper goes on to unpack how a group of urban explorers find various substitutes for utopia in the subterranean space of the Paris catacombs, substitutes that deliver inimitable feelings of identity, togetherness and freedom. As it is argued, forms of leisure such as ‘urbex’ emerge as ‘primary spheres’ of anthropotechnics that instigate the formation of intertwining and interpenetrating ‘topias’ which have been referred to here as ‘reterotopia’, ‘heterotopia’ and ‘scotopia’.

Memory production, vandalism, violence: Civil society and lessons from a short life of a monument to Stalin

Memory production, vandalism, violence: Civil society and lessons from a short life of a monument to Stalin

Ageing in Urban Neighbourhoods: Exploring Place Insideness Amongst Older Adults in India, Brazil and the United Kingdom

The ageing in place agenda emphasises the importance of supporting older adults to age in their communities surrounded by the personal resources to age well. In exploring the relationship between older people and their environment, the concept of place insideness is seen as central to constructing feelings of identity, belonging and attachment in old age. Yet there has been little research exploring how older adults experience place insideness across different urban, social and cultural contexts which is an impediment to identifying effective interventions for age-friendly cities and communities. This article explores how place insideness is experienced amongst older adults across India, Brazil and the United Kingdom. The article presents qualitative findings from 294 semi-structured interviews collected across 9 cities and 27 neighbourhoods. The findings reveal that older adults cultivate their sense of place insideness in old age through dimensions of physical insideness (i.e., environmental competence in navigating and engaging in the community), social insideness (i.e., knowing others) and autobiographical insideness (i.e., shared place histories). In drawing on older people’s understanding of their communities, this article explores the opportunities and challenges in developing a sense of place insideness to support ageing well. We identify implications for policy and practice in terms of how we can better design urban environments as age-friendly communities which support a greater sense of place for older people.

Regional identity and support for restrictive attitudes on immigration. Evidence from a household population survey in Ghent (Belgium)

ABSTRACT It has been argued that supporting a restrictive view on the inclusion of immigrants finds its origin in a localized feeling of group identity. We test this hypothesis with a household survey in the Belgian city of Ghent (n = 3735). The results show that local and national identities are salient, but also that regional, European, and cosmopolitan identities are supported simultaneously. Especially the regional, Flemish identity is strongly associated with a restrictive, ethnic attitude toward new groups in society. A European identity was not significantly associated with this restrictive attitude. Our conclusion is that not just the geographical scale of group identity is important in explaining anti-immigrant sentiments. The specific historical connotations of every geographical level should be considered. A comparison between generations, i.e. parents and their late adolescent children, suggests that this association between specific group identities and ethnic citizenship norms is equally present among younger cohorts.

Transexualidad: transiciones, detransiciones y arrepentimientos en España

IntroductionHealth care demand by transsexual people has recently increased, mostly at the expense of young and adolescents. The number of people who report a loss of or change in the former identity feeling (identity desistance) has also increased. While these are still a minority, we face more and more cases of transsexual people who ask for detransition and reversal of the changes achieved due to regret. ObjectiveTo report our experience with a group of transsexual people in detransition phase, and to analyze their personal experience and their associated conflicts. Material and methodsA cohort of 796 people with gender incongruence attending the Identity Gender Unit of Doctor Peset University Hospital from January 2008 to December 2018 was studied. Four of the eight documented cases of detransition and/or regret are reported as the most representative. ResultsCauses of detransition included identity desistance, non-binary gender variants, associated psicomorbidities, and confusion between sexual identity and sexual orientation. ConclusionDetransition is a growing phenomenon that implies clinical, psychological, and social issues. Inadequate evaluation and use of medicalization as the only means to improve gender dysphoria may lead to later detransition in some teenagers. Comprehensive care by a multidisciplinary and experienced team is essential. As there are no studies reporting the factors predictive of detransition, caution is recommended in cases of atypical identity courses.

New Scots? Eastern European young people's feelings of belonging and national identity in Scotland post-Brexit

This article examines the impact of Brexit on young people aged 12–18 who had moved to Scotland from Central and Eastern Europe. It draws on empirical data collected with over 250 young people who contributed to an online survey and focus groups between 2016–2018, immediately after the Brexit Referendum took place. The paper examines young people's feelings of national identity and how their sense of belonging has been impacted by Brexit. The key findings reveal that factors such as their everyday experiences of racism and xenophobia and perceptions of what other people, often their friends, might think about who gets to belong were identified as significant to the identities young migrants felt able to claim. While many young people expressed a strong sense of belonging in the UK as a whole and over half said they were feeling Scottish, access to a Scottish national identity seems to be restricted and often denied to them. At the same time, many felt able to occupy the national identity of their country of birth or claim hyphenated identities that included Scottishness and a European identity. In the context of Brexit, this poses a challenge for making New Scots feel like they belong in Scotland, as many may now decide to review their plans to remain in Scotland long-term if their rights change.

JOKO OR JOHN: NAME AND IDENTITY OF ENGLISH TUTORS IN KAMPUNG INGGRIS, PARE, INDONESIA

Since name is one factor which shapes a person’s sense of identity, the exploration of the choice of names can shed a light to self-boundaries and identity. Thus, this study aims to show connection between Western names chosen and used by English tutors in Kampung Inggris and their feeling of identity and self. Drawing on data collected from English tutors in Kampung Inggris, Pare, ethnography is applied as its method. Observation and random interview are done to help gathering the data. The findings show the important role of the choice of using Western names in shaping their identity reflected from the desired image to be displayed to others. First, they see Western names as a symbol of modernity and thus give them the sense of being modern and part of global citizen; second, English names used as strategy management to present themselves as ‘competent’ English tutor.

Perceptions and attitudes of the local people towards bats in the surroundings of the Escaba dam (Tucumán, Argentina)

When biodiversity conservation of non-charismatic species is a priority, local people perception and value attributed to species are of vital importance. The presence of a huge colony of bats ( Tadarida brasiliensis ) in the Escaba dam located at the Yungas forest is an emblematic case for the conservation of bats in Argentina. The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception and attitude about the bats of the people living around the Escaba dam in order to redirect conservation efforts and education plans. Semi-structured surveys and participant observation were used to survey the information; and generalized linear models to analyze. The local inhabitants do not recognize the diversity of bat species, and mention only blood-sucking and insectivorous bats. The results show a positive trend in perception and attitude, influenced by the recognition of the role of bats as insect controllers and a feeling of identity generated by the colony. The perception becomes more positive as age advances and in those who reached the secondary level of education. New ways of measuring perception and attitude are presented, such as describing the forms of bat exclusion. All this must be taken into account in the development of the management plan, which should consider the possible local use of guano as a fertilizer, sustainable tourism and educational actions aiming at differentiating the species (i.e. this is not an hematophagous bat colony), the role of the colony at controlling possible diseases and the ecosystem services associated with these species.

Syrian Refugees in Canada and Transculturalism: Relationship between Media, Integration and Identity

AbstractThe process of integration of Syrian newcomers into Canada is multifaceted. The Canadian government, in its efforts to welcome refugees, has provided services that smooth this process over on many fronts. While financial and support services are essential to feelings of comfort, safety and security, feelings of identity and belonging constitute a never-ending process. In a globalized world, country of residence can easily change, but attachment to issues in the country of origin enlists a much more complex relationship. This article seeks to explore Syrian newcomers’ pre-migration and post-migration experiences and the influence of such experiences on their sense of belonging and identification. This article also seeks to understand their media-consumption habits. In doing so, the level of involvement of Syrian refugees in issues of host society versus issues in Syria or the Arab world becomes apparent. Through highlighting their level of involvement, this research hopes to uncover the feelings of responsibility to democratic change and the revolutionary process in Syria.

Privileged Rebels: A Longitudinal Analysis of Distinctive Economic Traits of Catalonian Secessionism

During the last decade, the Catalonian secessionist challenge induced a chronic crisis within Spain’s politics that does not offer hints of a viable arrangement. The rapidly escalating demands for secession ran almost in parallel with the accentuation of the economic recession that followed the disruption of the world financial system in 2008–2010. Such secession claims reached maximums during 2012–2014, attaining support levels of nearly 50% of citizenry in favour of independence. These figures subsequently diminished a bit but remained close to that level until today. Despite the coincident course, previous studies had shown that the impact of economic hardships was not a major factor in explaining the segregation urgencies, connecting them instead to triggers related to internecine political struggles in the region: Harsh litigations that resulted in an abrupt polarization along nationalistic features in wide segments of the population. In this longitudinal analysis based on the responses of 88,538 individuals through a regular series of 45 official surveys, in the period 2006–2019, we show that economic factors did play a role in the secessionist wave. Our findings showed that the main idiomatic segmentation (Catalan vs. Spanish, as family language) interacted with economic segmentations in inducing variations on national identity feelings that resulted in erosions of the dual CatSpanish identity. Moreover, our findings also showed that the more privileged segments of Catalonian citizenry where those that mostly supported secession, whereas poorer and unprotected citizenry was clearly against it. All the data points to the conclusion that the secessionist challenge was, in fact, a rebellion of the wealthier and well-situated people.

Emirate and Empire: Photography in Central Asia 1858-1917

A survey of the social, political, economic and artistic development of photography in Central Asia from its inception in the mid 19th century to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. The article covers the development of photography in Russia proper, early photographic processes, and photography’s rapid commercial development and public popularity. It describes the Russian conquest of Central Asia and the beginning of photographic documentation by photographers accompanying military forces, as well as large-scale commissioned projects such as the Turkestanskii Albom. Moving into the Romantic Era of commercial and “travel” photography, the article identifies the most important photographers and their distinguishing styles, including Russian, French, Swiss, and Central Asian photographers. It describes the development of the commercial postcard, pictorialism, early color photography by the innovator S. M. Prokhudin-Gorski, and finally the move into the Modernist period just prior to the Revolution.The article identifies the overlapping “messages” in Central Asian photography of the Imperial period. These include an Orientalizing program that stereotypes and barbarizes Central Asian peoples by presenting them as noble but childlike or else ruled by debased passions, an ethnological or archaeological perspective that fixes Central Asia in time, usually showing a moribund region of crumbling architecture and people in stasis, a results-oriented perspective that depicts the modernization achieved through Russian conquest and domination, and last and least often, a socially progressive desire to elucidate a “human” condition and to encourage a feeling of identity between the subject of the photograph and the viewer.

Globalization and Sustainability of Regions: The Role of Cultural and Creative Industries in Cutural Policies and their Implications for Regional Development – A Case Study of the Czech Republic

This article examined the level of integration of the concept of Cultural and Creative Industries in strategic documents decisive for public policy implementation. On the case study of the Czech Republic, concrete goals, tools and measures of respective policies were examined, special focus has been laid on the implementation power and coordination mechanisms. In the methodological framework of the Multi-level Governance Concept, methods of content and comparative analysis were used. As the analysis shows, on the central level is the concept of CCIs explicitly reflected and very well elaborated, with concrete goals and instruments to achieve the given goals, on the local level predominantly the „cultural part“ is stressed, having the „creative aspects“ hidden in other policy areas. Concerning the local level, there is a „two axes“ flow. On one side, examined policy paper stresses the importance of culture for own citizens, especially for the community and identity feeling, promotion of a good name of the city (region, municipality) and last, not least, the identification of citizens with the place they live in. On the other hand, the second line aims at attracting tourists through a complex combination of cultural heritage visits, connected with various experience events.

The Nordic Model of Whiteness and Exceptionalism: Representation of Otherness in Some Nordic Film and Television

Race is a controversial question in the Global North, especially in those environments that consider themselves to be colourblind, while in fact they are predominantly white. This seems to be particularly the case in the Nordic countries, where the concepts of equality and egality are central to the mutual feeling of identity and where the racial discourse is marked by the prohibition of racial discrimination. By reducing the category of race to something fictive, one cannot address it openly in the contemporary Nordic societies. Therefore, this paper deals with the representation of Otherness – external and internal – in the Nordic film and television. As the paper focuses on the closely related notions of Nordic whiteness and Nordic exceptionalism, it is based on the categorial apparatus of postcolonial studies. The main hypothesis is that the widely spread positive hetero image of the Nordic region as socially open, tolerant and free, is undermined by the media representation of the identity of Other, where the prejudices, racism and paternalism towards the non-white population (and especially the non-white immigration) are being disclosed. The aim of the paper is to reveal how film and television, as potential correctives of the existing stereotypes, can reflect the ever changing political, cultural and social circumstances and by that, how (and whether) this image of Otherness necessarily corresponds to the narrative of exceptionalism and whiteness of the Nordic region.&#x0D; Nordic exceptionalism, together with Nordic whiteness as the integral part of the broader feeling of the Nordic identity, has become a part of the common political discourse and an object of discussion within the field of popular culture, literature and film. Still, the sense of one own’s exceptionalism has become a subject of critical debate, a myth to be debunked, as the phenomena such as the escalation of ethnic violence have marked the recent years in the Nordic societies. This development of the social, cultural and political circumstances has been reflected in the contemporary Nordic media production (film and television) and continues to be analysed. The image of the Nordics, as being inherently white and homogenous, has thus been exposed as artificial and constructed.

Unveiling pathways for the fissure among secessionists and unionists in Catalonia: identities, family language, and media influence

Catalonian secessionism acquired prominence from 2010 onwards. During the last decade secessionist parties won three regional elections and sustained Governments by tiny majorities at the Autonomous Parliament. Two illegal consultations about self-determination were called and around 2 million (38% of population census) supported secession from Spain. An “Independence Declaration” was proclaimed on 27th Oct. 2017, followed by suspension of Home Rule sanctioned by Spanish Parliament that endured till mid-2018. The main consequence of the secessionist push was the build-up of a confrontation between two large segments of Catalan citizenry, unionists and secessionists, which was absent before. This study aims to shed light on the rise of secessionism and the appearance of a deep fissure between these communities. By building upon the complete series of data from iterated official polls (88.538 respondents, 45 surveys), the paper displays the evolving changes along the period 2006–2019 of national identity feelings (“sense of belonging”). Along that period, there were increases exceeding 15 percentage points of “only Catalan” national identity and analogous decreases of "equally Catalan and Spanish" dual national identity. The findings disclosed highly significant covariations between changing trends on national identity feelings with: (1) family/mother language, Catalan vs. Spanish; (2) following regional media versus other media. Since language/ascendancy origins and media consumption trends are closely interrelated, within Catalonia, our discussion focuses on the role played by such ethno-cultural cleavage. Further, statistical analysis for longitudinal data identified several turning points linked to singular political events that likely accentuated polarization around the issue of secession. The findings unveil evolving tracks that could help in the understanding of a process that, in a very short time, produced a severe social division within a fully open and democratic society at the heart of Europe.

Organizational commitment: exploring the role of identity

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of how identification process is associated with development of organizational commitment.Design/methodology/approachA mixed-method approach incorporating surveys and interviews was employed. Data were obtained from a manufacturing organization in Australia. A clustering method was employed to identify commitment profiles. Respondents belonging to the clusters representing commitment profiles associated with desirable organizational outcomes were identified for the qualitative stage of the research.FindingsThe results showed that both organizational identity and professional/occupational identity are positively linked to the development of organizational commitment. An in-depth analysis of the qualitative data demonstrated that engagement of personal/individual level of self in identification process enhances the development of organizational commitment.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that human resource managers can build an effective identification process by strengthening feelings of organizational identity and creating a positive organizational image.Originality/valueTo the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first to employ a mixed-method approach to explore the relationship between organizational commitment and identification process. A mixed-method approach, on the one hand, enabled us to build on the existing objectivist commitment literature and explore commitment profiles, and on the other hand, it allowed us to provide a more complete and contextual portrayal of organizational commitment and identification process through qualitative interpretive strategies.