... leadership norms remain dominant despite formal equality reforms. Using a feminist institutionalist lens, it examines how women pursue legitimacy and career progression through informal mentoring, sponsorship, assimilation and identity work. The article aims to show how these strategies may simultaneously...

...Katy Marsh-Davies; Evelyn Lanka; Louise Suckley Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic was a time when most women, including academics, faced increased challenges. Some women academics, however, told us that they had positive experiences during lockdown. This article explores how identity work and job...

...Jared M. Poole Purpose I examine Black Christian creatives’ collective moral identity work amid moral conflict with White coreligionists who are also their principal customers. Design/methodology/approach Thematic narrative analysis illuminates data generated through ethnographic participant...

...Iresha Donmanige; Shamika Almeida; Betty Frino Purpose Diversity management literature is at a crossroads with limitations in producing novel insights due to its heavy reliance on the etic approach and surface-level diversity. This paper reviews identity work, identity negotiation...

... on the “in-between state” of mind where individuals try to manage competing senses of their experiences in Canada. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on critical sensemaking (CSM) in the study of the micro-processes of identity work at play among a group of 19 Hong Kong Chinese skilled immigrants...