The Future of (Identity) Work: New Frontiers in Occupational Identity Research.

Amidst the transition to a post-industrial economy and the rise of nonstandard work arrangements, researchers have been encouraged to follow the flow of work—and workers—from organizations toward more modern (and increasingly prominent) forms of organizing like occupations. Questions abound, however, with respect to how identity work—the forming, repairing, maintaining, strengthening, and/or revising of one's self-concept—is conducted outside of traditional organizational structures and, further, the extent to which existing theories accurately describe the full breadth of identity work in such contexts. This symposium aims to highlight ongoing research on identity work in the new world of work—i.e., occupations and their occupants—with a specific emphasis on comparing and contrasting identity phenomena in occupations with existing theory. To advance our thinking on this important topic, we bring together a diversity of research (and researchers) to help explicate this increasingly prevalent phenomenon. Moving on While Going Back? How Refugees Craft New Lives While Not Abandoning Those Still Suffering Author: Trenton A. Williams; BYU Marriott School of Business Author: Ramzi Fathallah; Telfer School of Management, U. of Ottawa It's All in a (Stage) Name: How Anticipatory Creative Identities Facilitate Creativity & Well-Being Author: Chad Benjamin Murphy; Oregon State U. Fit or Misfit? Toward a Theory of Identity Construction in Nonstandard Work Contexts Author: James Hughey; U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business Author: Devin Rapp; San Diego State U., Fowler College of Business Author: Robert Monnot; U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business Author: Dane Cannon; U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business Author: Glen E. Kreiner; U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business Desired and Feared Occupational Identities Author: Sarah Page-Jones; U. of Bath Author: Andrew D. Brown; U. of Bath [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]