ABSTRACT Professional Identity (PI) is a social- and self-perceptive construct that describes how people understand themselves as professionals. PI guides professional development by shaping professionalism, role assumptions, responsibilities, values, and behaviour; and is a critical factor in professional performance and wellbeing. As such, PI has significant implications for how we support engineering designers in professional development and direct their social- and self-understanding. However, no current research provides a complete picture of PI elements important for Designers’ Professional Identity (DPI). This study aims to review and synthesise PI elements, currently discussed separately in the design literature, in order to propose a holistic understanding of DPI. Based on an extensive literature review, we find that DPI consists of two distinct sets of elements: Personal Attributes (PA) and Design Skills (DS). We present these two sets of elements in terms of meaning, possible relations between them, and their influence on DPI development. In addition, we propose multiple directions for future research.

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设计师的职业身份：个人属性和设计技巧

摘要专业身份 (PI) 是一种社会和自我感知结构，它描述了人们如何将自己理解为专业人士。PI 通过塑造专业精神、角色假设、责任、价值观和行为来指导专业发展；并且是职业表现和幸福感的关键因素。因此，PI 对我们如何支持工程设计师的专业发展和指导他们的社会和自我理解具有重要意义。然而，目前没有研究提供对设计师专业身份 (DPI) 很重要的 PI 元素的完整图片。本研究旨在回顾和综合目前在设计文献中单独讨论的 PI 元素，以提出对 DPI 的整体理解。根据广泛的文献综述，我们发现 DPI 由两组不同的元素组成：个人属性 (PA) 和设计技能 (DS)。我们根据含义、它们之间可能的关系以及它们对 DPI 发展的影响来介绍这两组元素。此外，我们为未来的研究提出了多个方向。