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Ruminating on What You Think of Me: A Grounded Model of Construed Image Work
Academy of Management Journal ( IF 9.5 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-12 , DOI: 10.5465/amj.2020.0963
Trenton Alma Williams 1 , Chad Murphy 2
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Research on identity has provided key insights into the challenges individuals experience when their professional self-concept is disrupted. But there has been little consideration of individuals’ sense of how they are viewed and defined by others—their construed image—also a key dimension of the professional self, one that is similarly compromised during such disruptive events. As a result, a widespread and theoretically rich phenomenon has received virtually no attention from scholars: construed image disruption and (re)construction. We develop a grounded model of “construed image work” based on qualitative data from former professional athletes. We find that, soon after a career-disrupting event (i.e., voluntary/involuntary retirement at a young age, in this case), individuals encounter cognitive and affective disorientation (or “drift”) that impedes their careers. Our findings reveal that systematic differences in how individuals make sense of causal forces underlying the disruptive event shape the paths they take trying to achieve a new, secure construed image and alleviate the problems of “drift.” Understanding construed image work is an important first step in acknowledging the importance of construed image for our theories regarding self-perceptions in the context of careers. Our grounded process model offers an initial foray into a critical—and foundational—dimension of the professional self-concept, one that has previously been ignored in favor of explorations into identity.

中文翻译:

反思你对我的看法:一种基于图像的解释性工作模型

对身份的研究为个人在职业自我概念被打乱时所经历的挑战提供了关键见解。但是很少考虑个人对他人如何看待和定义他们的感觉——他们的解释形象——也是职业自我的一个关键维度,在此类破坏性事件中同样受到损害。结果,一种广泛存在且理论丰富的现象几乎没有受到学者的关注:解释性图像破坏和(重新)构建。我们根据前职业运动员的定性数据开发了一个“形象化工作”的扎根模型。我们发现,在职业生涯中断事件发生后不久(即在这种情况下,自愿/非自愿退休),个人遇到阻碍他们职业生涯的认知和情感定向障碍(或“漂移”)。我们的研究结果表明,个人如何理解破坏性事件背后的因果力量的系统性差异塑造了他们试图获得新的、安全的解释形象和缓解“漂移”问题的路径。理解解释形象工作是承认解释形象对我们关于职业背景下的自我认知理论的重要性的重要第一步。我们的扎根过程模型提供了对职业自我概念的关键和基础维度的初步尝试,这个维度以前被忽视,而有利于对身份的探索。我们的研究结果表明,个人如何理解破坏性事件背后的因果力量的系统性差异塑造了他们试图获得新的、安全的解释形象和缓解“漂移”问题的路径。理解解释形象工作是承认解释形象对我们关于职业背景下的自我认知理论的重要性的重要第一步。我们的扎根过程模型提供了对职业自我概念的关键和基础维度的初步尝试,这个维度以前被忽视,而有利于对身份的探索。我们的研究结果表明,个人如何理解破坏性事件背后的因果力量的系统性差异塑造了他们试图获得新的、安全的解释形象和缓解“漂移”问题的路径。理解解释形象工作是承认解释形象对我们关于职业背景下的自我认知理论的重要性的重要第一步。我们的扎根过程模型提供了对职业自我概念的关键和基础维度的初步尝试,这个维度以前被忽视,而有利于对身份的探索。” 理解意象工作是承认意象对我们关于职业背景下自我认知的理论重要性的重要的第一步。我们的扎根过程模型提供了对职业自我概念的关键和基础维度的初步尝试,这个维度以前被忽视,而有利于对身份的探索。” 理解意象工作是承认意象对我们关于职业背景下自我认知的理论重要性的重要的第一步。我们的扎根过程模型提供了对职业自我概念的关键和基础维度的初步尝试,这个维度以前被忽视,而有利于对身份的探索。
更新日期:2021-09-09
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