Is Exit A Way Out? : The Undetected Workings of Post-Exit Identification
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2011-04-08
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
By exploring post-exit identity constructions of former management consultants, this paper challenges the idea that identity regulation is ultimately resisted with the termination of an employment contract. Based on 30 auto-biographical interviews with ex-consultants working in a new organizational contexts, the paper will examine how these former consultants are able to liberate themselves from discursively constructed elite identities of the past in order to create a new image of self. The analysis will document what can be called a post-exit identity struggle, reflecting a creative interplay between conflicting discourses of 'nostalgia' and 'positive re-orientation' that interpellate professional (post-exit) identity constructions
Language
German
Keywords
Identity regulation
discourse
subjectivity
resistance
post-exit identity struggle
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Qualitative Research with Attention to Diversity
Publisher
SRH Hochschule
Publisher place
Heidelberg
Event Title
12th Annual Workshop of the Center for Qualitative Psychology
Event Location
Heidelberg
Event Date
08.-10.04.2011
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
80558