Essays about: "Identity-work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 essays containing the word Identity-work.

1. 1. From the Beach to the Sahara - A qualitative study of junior management consultants' identity work between billable projects

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Oscar Holmbergh; Jakob Hägglund; [2023]
   Keywords : Young Professionals; Professional Service Firms; Management Consulting; Underutilization; Identity;

   Abstract : The recent economic downturn has largely affected businesses around the world, resulting in decreased demand for management consultancy services. In combination with recent years' aggressive hiring strategies, this has put many junior management consultants in a position where their utilization rates have plummeted and time between billable projects has increased notably. READ MORE

3. 2. How to: Build an Elite School : the case of ProCivitas Uppsala

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Barsch; Hanna Swanberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Organizational Identity; Identity Work; Identity Building; Secondary Upper Schools; Elite Schools; Case Study;

   Abstract : In today's competitive educational landscape, schools face the challenge of attracting students who align with their organizational identity. With extensive organizational changes in the Swedish school system, expressing organizational identity has become crucial for demonstrating categorical belonging. READ MORE

4. 3. “O Negro No Poder -The Power in Black” : Language forms in lyrics from different Blocos Afro reflecting Afro-Brazilian identity work in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil thematically connected to negritude.

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Portugisiska

   Author : Jenny Ramos Pinheiro; [2023]
   Keywords : Sociolinguistics; identity; belonging; Brazil; Bahia; Blocos Afro; Afro-Brazilians; Olodum; Ilê Aiyê; ingroup; outgroup; Negritude;

   Abstract : The present study aims to test my hypothesis that the language forms found in the Blocos Afro discourses in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil can be seen as expressions of Afro-Brazilian and/or Blocos Afro identity work and can also be seen as being, at least thematically, connected to the negritude movement. The study is based on samples created of Blocos Afro lyrics. READ MORE

5. 4. Is this a threat to my individual self-perception, or an opportunity? A qualitative study unfolding the effects of generative AI chatbots on students' individual self-perception in the process of revising and updating their "selves"

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Wilma Augustsson; Karin Östberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Self-Perception; Identity Work; Identity Opportunities; Identity Threats; Generative AI Chatbots;

   Abstract : For long, scholars have been interested in the concept of identity and its continuous development, conceptualized as identity work - emphasizing its ongoing process rather than a fixed state. As a subject to change, our identities are seen to be influenced by various factors, playing a significant role in shaping our self-perceptions and determining who we are, as well as who we aspire to become. READ MORE

6. 5. Your post has not been uploaded. Try again?: A Study on the loss of social media during incarceration

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Shahed Athir Hadi; [2023]
   Keywords : Incarceration; Social media; Identity; Social reclamation; Control; Power; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the loss of social media during incarceration and how incarcerated individuals reflect on the abrupt absence of social media in their lives. Based upon eight interviews with previously incarcerated individuals, this thesis studies the emotional process incarcerated people go through when doing identity work. READ MORE