Process Of Identity Construction Research Articles

Points de contact physiques et virtuels et construction identitaire

L’article s’intéresse au mariagea prioridélicat de l’hyper-connexion et duvintage. Plus précisément, il vise à mieux appréhender l’usage des points de contact physiques et virtuels dans le parcours d’achat des consommateursvintage. Une recherche netnographique sur le Marché de la modevintagede Lyon souligne que, sur le plan théorique, l’emploi des points de contacts virtuels des consommateurs de produitsvintagecontribue au processus de construction identitaire. Sur le plan managérial, elle indique que les pratiques diffèrent d’un réseau social à l’autre et se complètent plutôt qu’elle ne s’opposent. La discussion des résultats aboutit à une lecture originale permettant de mieux anticiper et répondre sur la place qu’occupent de nouveaux types de points de contact dans le contexte étudié.

Trauma transmission and identity construction

Individual, family and collective stories are closely connected. The study of a clinical situation enables the processes of identity construction and transgenerational mandate to be identified, in particular when the family history is marked by a collective trauma such as that of the Holocaust.

Identity changes and well-being gains of spending money on material and experiential consumer products

Recent research determined that buying experiences, rather than material items, leads to higher levels of well-being, perhaps because experiences are more connected to the sense of self. However, little is known about which of the identity-related functions (IRFs) that a purchase can serve – such as gaining autonomy and control (effectiveness), acquiring individuality (distinctiveness), repairing a perceived identity deficit (self-esteem), fostering symbolic affiliation to close ones or social groups (relatedness), or displaying wealth and higher status to others (projected identity) – might be driving the effects on well-being. The present research tests Motivated Identity Construction Theory (MICT) in a consumer setting by systematically analysing how material and experiential spending choices are thought to transform the identity of the buyer and how those changes are linked to expected or perceived well-being before and after purchasing. Two studies, one experimental (n = 329) and one repeated measures (T1 n = 370; T2 n = 183), suggested that experiential purchases are overall better at satisfying the IRFs of effectiveness, distinctiveness, self-esteem, and relatedness. In fact, effectiveness and self-esteem were consistently found to predict well-being across samples and time frames, indicating that gaining a higher sense of autonomy and control over one’s environment, and moving closer to an ideal self, are sources of hedonic value for consumers. The function of projected identity was found to be satisfied by both material and experiential purchases and was linked to lower well-being. The IRFs of distinctiveness and relatedness presented variations between samples suggesting that the links between identity construction processes and well-being gains in consumption might be individually and socially constructed and, that further research across different social groups and life stages is needed. Finally, the satisfaction of the IRF of self-esteem and relatedness increased after a purchase was made, and the identity motives satisfied by consumer products explained overall more variance in well-being judgements from past purchases than from future ones suggesting differences between past and future spending choices in identity and well-being evaluation processes.

Breve historia de Bután. Una identidad y un horizonte común en torno a la felicidad como objetivo político

Se hace un repaso histórico de los acontecimientos más relevantes ocurridos en el territorio que ahora pertenece a Bután, en el periodo que llega a la instauración de una monarquía hereditaria a principios de siglo XX. En un cuadro se resumen esos acontecimientos. Así se pretende dar luz al periodo histórico más desconocido del país con objeto de complementar otros análisis académicos sobre la felicidad, el budismo y las particularidades del modelo de desarrollo en Bután. No se pudo encontrar una sola fuente en español sobre este tema. Se presta especial atención a los momentos de ruptura y continuidad que hayan condicionado la historia de Bután, y se cuestionan los procesos de construcción de identidad, en especial los que se refieren a la felicidad como horizonte vital u objetivo político.

The social movement of street vendors to maintain their business places in Bandung

This study views street vendors as public issues which are related to the conflict over public spaces between the government and the street vendors. The conflict was derived from differences in the interpretation and meaning of public spaces. The government has visions of order in the city and tries to control the street vendor in public place. However, the street vendors interpret public place as a strategic place to conduct their business and try to defend their existence in it. The differences in interpretation encouraged the birth of street vendor movement in Bandung. This research employed social movement concept to describes how street vendors try to construct their identities, build up the strength of their organization/association, frame and disseminate issues, and establish some coalitions. It used a qualitative method with case study research by attaining some cases of street vendors in Bandung and observing their news through newspaper and online media between 2015-2016, as well as conducting some interviews with key informants. The data collected through participative observation, thorough interview with street vendors, municipal government, street vendors’ organizations/associations, and focus group discussion. This research showed that the process of identity construction is carried out informally through kinship system. Furthermore, the street vendors built their movement based on issues of unjust policy which is supported by right to seek livelihood, marginalization issue, and limited access to formal economic sectors. These issues become their justification to maintain their business in public places and their efforts to go against government interpretation of public places which become their foundation to formulate policies about street vendors. Lastly, to strengthen their bargaining position against the government, they establish three types of coalition; political coalition, political-economy coalition, and economy coalition.

Identidad y juventud en la cibercultura desde una perspectiva educativa

En este artículo se presenta una propuesta que integra tres variables: el proceso de identidad de los jóvenes, la cibercultura en la cual se desarrollan y los desafíos que estas variables plantean a la educación. Primeramente, se requiere comprender el concepto de "juventud" desde su espacio histórico-cultural y no como un concepto generalizado. Junto con ello, abordar su proceso de construcción de la identidad, en una búsqueda equilibrada de la relación del “yo y los otros” en el entorno de la cibercultura, que hace difusos los límites entre “lo real” y “lo imaginario” y que, a su vez, constituye el espacio de interacción, de validación individual y de difusión de conocimiento. Además, se reflexiona cómo la cibercultura, a través de algunos de los fenómenos que se abordan en este artículo, impacta de forma directa en el proceso de identidad de los jóvenes. Responder a la pregunta respecto de cuáles son los espacios de acción y de posibilidad de los educadores y de los sistemas educativos en el fortalecimiento de las bases que permitan una construcción de identidad que, por un lado, potencie los elementos de valor de la cultura actual y, por otro, fortalezca aquello que los jóvenes necesitan para desenvolverse en ella, constituye el propósito central de este artículo.

Construction at Work: Multiple Identities Scaffold Professional Identity Development in Academia.

Identity construction – the process of creating and building a new future self – is an integral part of a person’s professional career development. However, at present we have little understanding of the psychological mechanisms that underpin this process. Likewise, we have little understanding of the barriers that obstruct it, and which thus may contribute to inequality in career outcomes. Using a social identity lens, and particularly the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC), we explore the process of academic identity construction among doctoral students. Through thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 22 Ph.D. candidates, we observe that the identity construction process relies on a person’s perception of a navigable pathway between their current self and their future self. Importantly, participants who were able to access multiple identity resources were more likely to perceive a navigable pathway to a future professional self (e.g., as an academic), unless they perceived these identities to be incompatible with those held by leading members of the profession (e.g., their supervisors). This research suggests that the identities that people are able to access as they progress in their careers may play an important role in their ongoing professional identity construction and career success.

The Capacious Model and Leader Identity: An Integrative Framework

The Integrated Capacious Model of Leadership Identities Construction (ICM) is a framework for understanding leader identity that integrates four extant leader identity theories with the systems and influences in the Capacious Model of leader identity. The ICM's systems (Individual System, Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem, and Chronosystem) contextualize leader identity in time and space; its influences (Purpose/Calling, Self‐Identity, Social Identity, and Relationships) pinpoint select factors that affect the construction of leader identities; and its integrated theories (Narrative Identity, Identity Theory, Social Identity Theory, and Social Constructionism) address the leader identity construction process. The ICM speaks to calls for interdisciplinary, multi‐level frameworks that are situated within the stream of scholarly literature on leader identity, as the model presents leader identity as a construct located across space, time, and people, rather than the purview of a heroic leader or single instance of identity claiming. Connecting established identity theories, systems, and influences results in a descriptive, practical model of leader identity. Examples are provided of the practical utility of using the ICM as a diagnostic tool for constructing a leader identity, designing leader development programs, and identifying gaps in leader identity scholarship.

Changing Cultural Practices, Self-Identifications and Gender Roles of Kurdish and Turkish Catering and Retail Business Owners in London

This paper focuses on the changing cultural practices, self-identifications, and gender roles of Kurdish and Turkish (KT) communities in London. It explores the research question of how the occupational shift from industrial waged labour to self-employment affects the cultural practices, gender roles and identity construction processes of Kurdish and Turkish business owners in catering and retail sectors in London. Depending on a field study consisting of 40 in-depth interviews, this paper draws the conclusions that identification of shared interests and interest alignment in Britain promote bonds of solidarity, new forms of ethnic attachment, which are not salient in the home country and may be helpful to overcome various problems of the KT communities in London.

Sexuality, gender and the (re)making of modernity and nationhood in Cyprus

This article studies Cypriot LGBs' identity construction processes and understandings of politics amidst the sociopolitical environment within which they are articulated. It does so by addressing a question that is central to gender and sexuality research: How are gender and sexual identities formed, and how do these formations inform gender and sexuality politics in contexts caught between tradition and modernity? Employing a qualitative research design, it thematically analyzes data from interviews with Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot LGBs. It marks intra-ethnic and interethnic in-group exclusions. It argues that these exclusions are reinforced by local notions about modernity, expressed through the “Europe/west–versus the–rest” opposition. Nonetheless, it also finds that the successes of the Cypriot LGBTI movement have been based on opportunities created by Europeanization. Therefore, it helps develop our understanding of the implications of conceptions of nationhood, gender, and sexuality on gender and sexuality politics where the “rest” meets the “west.”

Identity construction and negotiation in Chinese political discourse

Abstract Based on identity theory and previous studies of crisis discourse, this paper systematically analyzes the process of identity construction and negotiation between political discourse and social discourse representing the event of a fire at Xinjian Village, Daxing District in the southern suburb of Beijing. It is found that in the first phase, the political discourse focuses on the meta-discourse of “for Renmin’s sake, we carry out a campaign of thorough inspection, cleaning-up and rectification to eliminate safety hazards.” In the second phase of the event the Renmin category is then represented concretely as “residents”, “migrant workers”, “people who need help” and so on. These discursive practices have constructed a relatively acknowledged identification with the social groups concerned, and thus positively affect the governance and management of this crisis event.

Chase Riboud’s <em>Hottentot Venus</em> (2003) and the Neo-Victorian: The Problematization of South-Africa and the Vulnerability and Resistance of the Black Other

This article touches upon issues of captivity, suppression, misrepresentations and exclusion of black people from a historical and cultural point of view through the analysis of Chase-Riboud’s neo-Victorian novel Hottentot Venus (2003). It also focuses on the implications and consequences for contemporary South Africa of situations of slavery and exploitation of African descended peoples. Notions of identity and moral and legal inclusion of black women into past and contemporary societies and communities will be also discussed from the point of view of postcolonial and gender and sexuality studies. The complexities of blackness and the violation of human rights as a result of these will be a substantial argument throughout the text represented in the historical and fictional character of the Venus Hottentot. She was seen as the icon of sexual deviancy and became a victim of the white colonizer as the embodiment of black racialized sexuality for Europeans. However, despite her vulnerability, in the narrative she gains agency in resistance in Butlerean terms. In the Hottentot Venus, Barbara Chase-Riboud tries to bring to light the experience and the memory of slavery as they constitute a key element in the reconstruction of the past and in the construction of a better future. Similarly, the process of recovery and identity construction in a postcolonial era determined by the traces of colonial trauma is an important element in the fictionalization of Sarah Baartman’s life as an icon of the idealization and problematization of South-Africa. These issues bring to the fore questions of race and feminism, the idealization of the colonies and colonized people in contrast with white imperial subjects, and the consideration of the contemporary neo-slave narrative as a neo-Victorian genre.

Sexuality and Sexual Identity Across the First Year of Parenthood Among Male-Partnered Plurisexual Women.

Women who (a) hold plurisexual identities (e.g., bisexual, pansexual) and (b) are male-partnered are understudied. Of interest is how these women construct their sexual identities across the transition to parenthood-a period associated with intensified heteronormative expectations, and changes in women's roles and identities. This longitudinal study of 28 plurisexual, male-partnered women examined women's sexual identity construction across the first year of parenthood, using four waves of data. Most women were White, bisexual-identified, and first-time parents. The majority of women described decreases in the salience or centrality of their sexuality more generally. Almost all women continued to hold plurisexual identities across the first year of parenthood, although many described these as private identities amidst public assumptions of heterosexuality. Some, though, sought to maintain a connection to their plurisexual identities through sexual identity disclosure, same-gender fantasies, and involvement in consensual nonmonogamy. Although only one woman articulated a shift in sexual identity label (from bicurious to heterosexual), others increasingly distanced themselves from their same-gender behaviors and desires. Our findings illustrate how women engage in an active process of sexual identity construction amidst heteronormative pressures, and how they navigate tensions amongst their partnership and parenthood statuses and their private identities and past behaviors.

Conceptualizing the Practicum Experience of Pre-Service English Language Teachers through Reflection

This study inferred the pre-service English teachers conceptualizations of their internship experience and investigated the process of reflective identity construction. Thirty pre-service English language teachers participated in the study with their final reflection reports comprising the data analysed in the study. Through a process of analysis that made use of communication units, the findings suggest that the pre-service language teachers indicated a positive impression of their practicum experience evidenced by their use of positive evaluative remarks. The interns also reported that they have improved cognitively in the duration of their practicum. The interns' reflective practices offered the teacher interns an opportunity to conceptualize their roles as second language teachers and may well raise their awareness about second language teaching in general. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.2.9

Becoming American by becoming Muslim: strategic assimilation among second-generation Muslim American parents

ABSTRACTStrategic assimilation describes how individuals use boundary work to construct identities which allow them to selectively maintain ties to a minority community while assimilating into the mainstream. However, scholarship that accounts for the role that minority religious identity plays in these processes is warranted. The current study fills a theoretical and empirical niche by exploring boundary work among not only racial, but religious minorities in their processes of identity construction and assimilation. Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork as well as 72 in-depth interviews with Muslim Americans in Metro-Detroit, I demonstrate how upper-middle-class suburban second-generation parents actively deconstructed class, racial, and ethnic boundaries to construct boundaries around religious identity and generational identity. In so doing, they consciously crafted a de-ethnicized interpretation of Islam and hence a Muslim American identity that they saw as integral in promoting upward assimilation for themselves and their third-generation children.

Identidades femeninas en el contexto profesional “masculinizado” de la ingeniería civil en el Suroccidente Colombiano

Stuart Hall's and Michel Foucault's approaches to subjection and subjectification allow the analysis of female identities. This research aimed to analyze the identity construction processes of female engineers in a profession of male hegemony such as civil engineering. Using a qualitative methodology and life stories of 15 female engineers who had graduated from universities in southwestern Colombia, it was found that identities are constructed as particular discursive routes with diverse positions that carry out institutionalized practices of masculine hegemony but also of self-recognition, valuation and resignification of the contribution of women in the profession and their position in the society.

Progressive and Conservative Firms in Multistakeholder Initiatives: Tracing the Construction of Political CSR Identities Within theAccord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh

The proliferation of multistakeholder initiatives (MSIs) over the past years has sparked an intense debate on the political role of corporations in the governance of global business conduct. To gain a better understanding of corporate political behavior in multistakeholder governance, this article investigates how firms construct a political identity when participating in MSIs. Based on an in-depth case study of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh—an MSI established after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory complex in 2013 to improve working conditions in the Bangladeshi garment industry—we introduce the construct of a political CSR (corporate social responsibility) identity (PCSRI) and explore how firms construct their PCSRIs in MSIs. Employing a qualitative, inductive theory-building method, we analyze interviews and archival data to develop a framework that elucidates how companies construct their PCSRIs within a continuum ranging from conservative to progressive. We show that constructing a PCSRI involves enacting specific, yet interrelated, political strategies that are themselves shaped by several forces over time. This article contributes to the literature by providing a political perspective on organizational identity construction that extends the emerging integrative perspective in political corporate social responsibility (PCSR) research. We suggest that MSIs should be conceptualized as inherently political governance mechanisms that are driven by multidirectional and dynamic political processes of identity construction. Our study shows that corporate political engagement in MSIs is a more nuanced and complex phenomenon than presently theorized.

Tensions in integrating clinician and educator role identities: a qualitative study with occupational therapists and physiotherapists

ObjectiveClinician educators (CEs) frequently report tensions in their professional identities as clinicians and educators, although some perceive a reciprocal relationship between clinical and teaching roles. However, it is unknown if...

Identity Construction: Narrative Tension in Saul Bellow’s Herzog

This paper takes narrative ethics as the approach to analyze ethical dimensions of the tensions between self-narrative and other-narrative in Saul Bellow’s Herzog, and indicates that self-narrative represents the protagonist’s appeal of identity construction, other-narrative symbolizes external forces deconstructing his identity, and narrative reconciliation between self-narrative and other-narrative represents possibilities of his identity construction. Representational ethics shows that Herzog’s self-narrative attempts to construct identity through fictionalizing ideal self at the expense of real self, then to consolidate new identities by assimilating the absolute other. However, narrational ethics suggests that other-narrative represents the absolute other’s deconstruction of new identities constructed by Herzog’s subjective intention, and puts all new constructed identities into suspension. Identity reconstruction can be possible only when Herzog faces the gap between real self and ideal self, confronts existence of the absolute other, responds to its ethical call, and actualizes reconciliation between self-narrative and other narrative. Besides, hermeneutic ethics indicates that the reader also has a role to play in Herzog’s process of identity construction due to tensions between self-narrative and other-narrative, which bestows the reader with constantly switched ethical positions and distances from the text, thus makes the reader’s responsibility towards the text an infinite movement.

Spelling Focusing and Proto-Standardisation in a Fifteenth-century English Community of Practice

ABSTRACTThe analytical construct known as community of practice – a group of people linked by the pursuit of a joint enterprise and sharing a repertoire of resources to this end – is used extensively in sociolinguistic research into the diffusion of variation in connection with the construction of both identity and social meaning and as part of a common, locally-constructed style. Communities of practice are also crucial in the diffusion of standard as well as non-standard practices and I believe that this tenet – which certainly holds for the present – could also be extended to the past, adding a new dimension to the historical study of standardisation. In this paper I intend to reconstruct a fifteenth-century community of practice on the evidence afforded by the late Middle English collection of correspondence known as the Stonor Letters. I will analyse the linguistic resources that members of this community of practice shared, paying particular attention to spelling focusing as demonstrated by the reduced frequency of spelling variants in their letters when compared to the orthography of letters by non-members. This perspective can thus help view historical proto-standardisation in a new light, one which associates it with processes of identity construction.