Interactive identity work of professionals in management: a hospital case study

Marco Sartirana, Graeme Currie and Mirko Noordegraaf

Public Management Review, 2019, vol. 21, issue 8, 1191-1212

Abstract: Hybrid professional managers appear less effective in introducing management into public professional settings than policymakers hope. To date, research has offered little understanding of professionals’ identity transition challenge and the role of social interactions underpinning this process. We studied the identity work of hybrid doctors inside a large public health-care organization, finding that it takes place through processes of familiarizing with management, rationalizing being a hybrid, and legitimizing the new role-identity. We contribute to the literature by showing that identity work is distributed and enabled by social interactions beyond the professional group. Implications for policymakers and executives are discussed.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2018.1549269

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