Professional Identity

Ingenieria y Estado en Bolivia durante la primera mitad del siglo XX

by Manuel E. Contreras

Published in Cueto, M. (1995). Saberes andinos: Ciencia y tecnología en Bolivia, Ecuador y Perú. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos.

Analyzes the professionalization of enginering in Bolivia, the develoepment of the first engineering faculties and the... more Analyzes the professionalization of enginering in Bolivia, the develoepment of the first engineering faculties and the relationship of engineers with the Bolivian state.

Advertising Management and Professional Identity in the Digital Age

by Chris Hackley

Hackley, C. and Tiwsakul, R. (2011) “Advertising Management and Professional Identity in the Digital Age” Chapter 18 in Mark Deuze (Ed) Managing Media Work, London, Sage, pp.209-216.

Understanding professionls' reactions to strategic change: the role of threatened professional identities

by Annika Schilling

Article co-authored with Andreas Werr, Sébastien Gand and Jean-Claude Sardas and published in The Service Industries Journal, forthcoming 2012.

This article develops and demonstrates the utility of a framework for understanding professionals' reactions to... more This article develops and demonstrates the utility of a framework for understanding professionals' reactions to strategic change in professional service firms as an interplay between a strategic intent, its manifestation in organizational roles and practices and its fit with existing professional identities. The application of the framework with three case studies shows that strategic changes may threaten different aspects of professional identities (self-enhancement, self-continuity and self-distinctiveness) which in turn tends to lead to different kinds of resistance from the professionals (exit, voice for opposition or voice for renegotiation). The article also links these different reactions to the locus of identification of professionals, which may be either ‘local’ or ‘cosmopolitan’.

La liberté de la presse et l'identité des journalistes au Brésil

by Kenia Maia

PEREIRA, F. H. ; MAIA, K. . La liberté de la presse et l identité des journalistes au Brésil. In: Actes du Colloque Les journalismes : réalités plurielles, éthique commune ?, 2010.

ESCRITA E REESCRITA DA HISTÓRIA DO OMBUDSMAN DE IMPRENSA

by Kenia Maia

O ombudsman na Folha de S. Paulo: entre a crítica da mídia e as reclamações dos leitores

by Kenia Maia

MAIA, K. . O ombudsman na Folha de S. Paulo: entre a crítica da mídia e as reclamações dos leitores. In: IV SBPJor, 2006, Porto Alegre. Anais do IV SBPJor, 2006.

No momento de implantação do cargo, o ombudsman da Folha de S. Paulo foi proposto como uma prova pública do projeto... more No momento de implantação do cargo, o ombudsman da Folha de S. Paulo foi proposto como uma prova pública do projeto editorial do jornal e um diferenciador da concorrência. As atribuições da função são cindidas: de um lado, ele procede à avaliação do tratamento da informação durante a semana transcorrida; de outro, ele se coloca a serviço dos leitores, a fim de defender seus direitos. Esses aspectos iniciais da função repercutirão nas características do ombudsman da Folha, nos seus quase trinta anos de existência.

Médiateur de presse : un métier en quête de légitimité professionnelle

by Kenia Maia

MAIA, K. . Médiateur de presse : un métier en quête de légitimité professionnelle. Les Cahiers du Journalisme, Laval (Canadá), v. 13, p. 292-305, 2004.

A modelização e o discurso de legitimação profissional do ombudsman de imprensa

by Kenia Maia

MAIA, K. . A modelização e o discurso de legitimação profissional do ombudsman de imprensa. Estudos em Jornalismo e Mídia (UFSC), Florianópolis, v. 1, n. 2, p. 101-115, 2004.

Inspired by the sociology of the professions, this paper examines the ombudsman’s function as a new profession and its... more Inspired by the sociology of the professions, this paper examines the ombudsman’s function as a new profession and its development as a group representative that values autonomy. The ombudsman’s legitimacy and justification are centered on a paradigm, on the representation of an ideal, and on a split discourse aimed at an internal and an external audience.

Este trabalho se propõe a examinar a função de ombudsman de imprensa à luz da sociologia das profissões e a analisar a ouvidoria de imprensa como um agrupamento profissional em formação, que, para se afirmar, precisa desenvolver um importante trabalho de convicção sobre o interesse do agrupamento, no qual a enumeração e a caracterização de dispositivos de autonomia do ombudsman fundam a representação paradigmática do ombudsman. A retórica de legitimação e de justificação da função de ombudsman de imprensa se centra no modelo paradigmático, na representação ideal, e na divergência entre o discurso voltado para o público interno e o discurso voltado para o público externo.

Apontamentos sobre a relação entre liberdade de imprensa e identidade profissional dos jornalistas

by Kenia Maia

MAIA, K. ; PEREIRA, F. H. . Apontamentos sobre a relação entre liberdade de imprensa e identidade profissional dos jornalistas. Logos33, v. 17, p. 191-202, 2010.

No artigo discutimos as relações entre a noção de liberdade de i mprensa e a construção da identidade profissional no... more No artigo discutimos as relações entre a noção de liberdade de i mprensa e a construção da identidade profissional no jornalismo. Como ponto de partida, faremos uma revisão da concepção liberdade de imprensa formulada inicialmente pelos filósofos do Iluminismo. Analisaremos como esses conceitos fazem parte do discurso de autolegitimação da profissão jornalística e participa da identidade do grupo profissional dos jornalistas.
This paper discuss the relations between the conception of freedom of press and the construction of a professional identity on journalism. As a departure point, we do bibliographical revision of the press freedom definition as it was initially elaborated by Illuminist philosophers. After that, we investigate how such concepts integrate journalists’ self-legitimating discourse and also how it participates on the construction of their identity.

A importância do conflito na configuração da identidade do jornalista

by Fernanda Lima Lopes

revista CAMBIASSU - São Luís - MA, Jan/Dez de 2009 - Ano XIX - Nº 5 - Vol. I

This paper is concerned about theorical and metodological possibilities in the
analysis of how Brazilian... more This paper is concerned about theorical and metodological possibilities in the
analysis of how Brazilian journalist’s identity is built in the contemporary society. Based on
Simmel and other authors, conflict is taken as an important symbolic place where different
actors – inside or outside the group – express feelings, deal with values, representations,
memories. It is shown that several ways of creating a self-image and organizing group
boundaries can be observed in the first decade of 21st Century, during the discussions about
whether or not professional journalists must have a degree in Journalism.

Trajectoires socioprofessionnelles et processus identitaires en contexte de migration: de la Colombie au Québec (dans les Laurentides)

by Marie-Jeanne Blain

Dans un contexte où les pays développés tentent d’attirer et de retenir des migrants qualifiés à même de répondre aux... more Dans un contexte où les pays développés tentent d’attirer et de retenir des migrants qualifiés à même de répondre aux besoins économiques et humains de leurs régions, l’intégration socioéconomique de ces migrants est un enjeu majeur. Pour nombre d’entre eux, l’entrée sur le marché du travail est marquée par une rupture professionnelle. À travers une approche issue des courants constructiviste et phénoménologique, notre réflexion porte sur la subjectivité du déclassement socioprofessionnel. Ce mémoire se base sur des entrevues et un terrain ethnographique auprès d’universitaires d’immigration récente, originaires de la Colombie et résidant dans les Laurentides, région au nord de Montréal. Nous explorerons les dimensions subjectives des trajectoires tout en conservant à l’esprit les contraintes objectives auxquelles ils font face, tant aux niveaux local qu’international. Nous pourrons constater l’ « agentivité » des acteurs, tant dans la réinterprétation de leurs parcours d’insertion qu’à travers la mise en perspective de la perte de statut professionnel. Quoique ces étapes soient parfois douloureuses, les propos des personnes rencontrées se caractérisent par un fort optimisme, notamment nourri par l’espoir de concrétiser ses projets. Au coeur de ces réinterprétations, la centralité du choix individuel et de la reconnaissance est fondamentale. Aussi, cette recherche souligne la flexibilité et la fluidité des identités et le rôle de la réflexivité dans l’élaboration de projets d’insertion socioprofessionnelle. L’identité professionnelle pré-migratoire, l’information sur le marché du travail et les liens de sociabilité vont influencer les stratégies d’insertion déployées, dans un contexte régional caractérisé par une faible proportion de personnes immigrantes.

Mots-clés : Colombiens, migrants qualifiés, intégration socioprofessionnelle, identité, subjectivité du déclassement, régionalisation de l’immigration, Laurentides-Québec.

Working the Twittersphere: Microblogging as professional identity construction

by Dawn Gilpin

In Z. Papacharissi (Ed.), The Networked Self: Identity, Community and Culture on Social Network Sites. New York: Routledge. 2010.

The popular micro-blogging site Twitter offers a window into the complex dynamics of today’s public relations... more The popular micro-blogging site Twitter offers a window into the complex dynamics of today’s public relations practice. This chapter describes a network analysis that studied patterns of interaction among public relations practitioners who are active Twitter users. Findings suggest that Twitter networks serve numerous functional purposes for practitioners seeking to negotiate the dynamics of a changing media environment. Users also establish their professional identity through their interactions within Twitter networks, thereby also influencing the identity of the profession as a whole. Twitter itself emerges as a boundary-spanning tool that links multiple online spheres and spans the divide between offline and virtual professional domains, in keeping with larger trends toward mediated reality.

What Do Learning Technologists Do?

by Martin Oliver

Oliver, M. (2002) What do Learning Technologists Do? Innovations in Education and Training International, 39 (4), 245-252.

Learning technologists – who represent one example of the ‘new professionals’ currently emerging in Higher Education –... more Learning technologists – who represent one example of the ‘new professionals’ currently emerging in Higher Education – are a rapidly growing group whose practices are poorly understood, even within their own community. In this paper, the questions of who learning technologists are, what they do and, perhaps more importantly, how they do it will be considered by drawing upon work undertaken through a SEDA small grant for research. This has shown that learning technologists may undertake any of a diverse range of activities, including staff development, research, management and technical support. What they have in common is that they work with small groups or with individual academics on sustained curriculum development activities. The paper will include an overview of the research, but will focus on the process through which these collaborations are initiated and structured, and will provide an insight into the values and strategies that guide their activities.

Notions of Self: Becoming A ‘Successful’ Design Graduate

by Erik Bohemia

Paper presented at the IASDR2011: 4th World Conference on Design Research

Ghassan, A., & Bohemia, E. (2011). Notions of Self: Becoming a ‘Successful’ Design Graduate. In N. Roozenburg, L.-L. Chen & P. J. Stappers (Eds.), IASDR2011: 4th World Conference on Design Research. Delft, The Netherlands: TU Delft.

Higher Education graduates have access to employment in the Knowledge Economy. Data suggests that competition for... more Higher Education graduates have access to employment in the Knowledge Economy. Data suggests that competition for graduate jobs is currently fierce. Research suggests that understanding theory related to the construction of identities (i.e. ‘notions of the self’) may aid graduates in becoming employable in the Knowledge Economy. Worryingly however, when compared to other graduates, design graduates are at a disadvantage when it comes to finding graduate positions in the knowledge economy.

Identities are discursively constructed in relation to others. Consequently, this paper uses results from an international cross-institutional student project to propose that design students may benefit from communicating with students from such settings in order to gauge difference. We conclude by proposing that design students may benefit from understanding the importance of ‘notions of the self’ as a way to aid employability in the Knowledge Economy.

Black for a Second

by Pat Edwards

Thesis Prospectus

What is the psychological and social identity of black Americans, who live in, and then exit inner city black... more What is the psychological and social identity of black Americans, who live in, and then exit inner city black communities and culture in order to succeed in predominantly white communities. Are structured diversity projects contributors to destroying the black identity?

The inner city black community is a community, or culture, that is unique and unlike the predominantly white culture that blacks must compete and succeed within. To succeed in predominately white communities, blacks must often strip away their cultural community identity that permits their acceptance in the black community. This is because, blacks who attempt to communicate or participate in white communities the way they would in black communities are psychological and sociological outsiders. If blacks conduct themselves in black communities as they would in white communities, they more than likely will face ostracism and rejection.

From psychological, sociological, and communications perspectives Black For A Second researches the effect and impact of each as it relates to black social and cultural settings to determine what happens when when white structured diversity programs are implemented to integrate communities or the work place. From a psychological perspective, Black For A Second explores the mental and emotion behaviors of blacks that are subject to integrating successfully within gentrification and diversity projects. The behaviors that are exhibited in black communities are different from those often or openly, displayed in white communities. These differences make up part of the psychological identity of blacks.

From a sociological perspective, Black For A Second explores the impact on cultural and community settings and how blacks respond to participating and existing within communities and cultures that perceive the black culture or community to be ghetto , thus initiating gentrification or implementing the deghettoization of black America and black culture.

Blacks communication style in exclusive black settings are more than mildly different than those in the company of whites. Perhaps the most notable difference is when blacks speaking in groups with each other use the word ‘nigger’. While this word is offensive to blacks when used in white communications setting, blacks use the word often as a term of endearment between themselves. Black For A Second does not suggest that the word nigger should be used openly in white structured diversity communities, but rather suggests that comfortable black communications are different in their own groups and the word is accepted differently and the use of the word ‘nigger’ is an example of how wildly different communications are for the second that blacks come together in their identity related communications groups. It is generally understood that white Americans cannot use this word and they have adopted the phrase- “the ‘N’ word” to comfortably communicate this old racially oppressive expletive because it is simply not comfortable saying the word. White bigots and racists are the only white Americans known to comfortably use that word and often in the context of denigrating black Americans.

More often than not, communities where blacks in America predominantly live are inner-city, not suburban, and often there are few whites in these communities actively participating in the complete cultural essence of the black experience. The exception to this will be where whites gentrify black communities and strip the unique culture of blacks. Thus they create a diaspora of black culture by interspersing, replacing , or largely adapting the community for the needs of the predominately white culture that ordinarily surrounds black communities in suburban America. This transformation of the Black community creates for white American a comfortable way to co-exist in the name of building diverse communities, but at the expense of either marginalizing or minimizing the unique cultural community of the black one. There is rarely ever interest for elevating the black community to serve black needs as they would for white ones to comfortably populate these communities. An example of this would be the types of businesses that have traditionally served the black community and culture, like barbershops and salons, entertainment, grocery, and retail. The social injustice of diversity structured in predominately white culture actually relegates blacks to leaving behind elements of their culture or identity to obtain acceptance or create comfortable places for whites to conduct themselves. Ethno-relative acceptance in white diversity or inclusive programs does not change the message that blacks first must accept that- “if it’s white, it is right”. Since black communities are typically surrounded by powerfully white communities or within the so-called gentrified communities, the elements blacks need to survive socially and economically are obtained in these white communities. Blacks may only psychologically, sociologically, and communicatively be black for a second when they exist outside their own cultural community and whites will only tolerate black for a second before they begin the process of gentrification and re-identifying it in the name of diversity.

Professional identity of adult educators

by Joke Knockaert

Quantitative research: A transforming profession: The professional identity of adult
educators in Flemish... more Quantitative research: A transforming profession: The professional identity of adult
educators in Flemish Folkhighschools, an explorative research (2005)
International literature research on the topic
Inventory qualitative research (semi structured interviews, analysed with QSR NUD.IST)
Development of measurement instrument
Fully covered anonymous quantitative questionnaire
Data-analysis with SPSS and writing a report

Conceptions du statut professionnel chez les psychiatres: un regard anthropologique (Different concepts of professional status for psychiatrists : an anthropological approach.)

by Yannis Gansel

Ce travail tente d’utiliser une méthodologie issue des sciences sociales pour comprendre les tensions qui existent en... more Ce travail tente d’utiliser une méthodologie issue des sciences sociales pour comprendre les tensions qui existent en psychiatrie entre une approche biomédicale et une approche psychodynamique. Une série d’entretiens semi-directifs auprès de psychiatres est ici analysée selon des critères d’organisation de la profession, que sont les savoirs, les savoir-faire et l’éthique. Il en résulte la définition de deux modes de conception du statut professionnel, divergeant sur la plupart de ces critères. Des hypothèses sont proposées pour comprendre les tensions entre ces modèles.

(This work endeavours to use a methodology drawn from the social sciences in order to understand the tensions that exist in psychiatry between the biomedical and psychodynamic approaches. A series of semi-directive interviews with psychiatrists is analysed here according to the profession’s organisation criteria of knowledge, know-how and ethics. Two ways of considering professional status emerge, differing as regards most of these criteria. Some hypotheses are put forward to understand the tensions between these two models.)

Dépasser le malaise et les impasses défensives de la psychiatrie contemporaine (Beyond the crisis in psychiatry and its defensive deadlocks)

by Yannis Gansel

Étant donné que les psychiatres appréhendent l’être humain comme un sujet global et non seulement comme une série... more Étant donné que les psychiatres appréhendent l’être humain comme un sujet global et non seulement comme une série d’organes, la psychiatrie occupe une place marginale au sein de la médecine, qui comporte des risques de précarisation. Pour que cette marginalité ne conduise pas à une exclusion, les psychiatres déploient deux stratégies : une tentative de rattachement aux neurosciences pour ancrer la psychiatrie aux sciences dures et la médiatisation d’un discours éducatif et normatif pour trouver une légitimité sociale qui se substituerait en partie à la légitimité médicale. Trois pistes de négociation nous semblent plus congruentes avec l’identité professionnelle psychiatrique : le développement des recher- ches intégrant sciences dites exactes et sciences humaines et sociales, la revendication d’une place à la fois intégrée et marginale vis-à-vis de la médecine hyperspécialisée, et l’affranchissement d’un discours éducatif au profit d’une parole complexe sur les enjeux inconscients dans la structuration des humains.
(Since psychiatrists look at man as a global subject and not as a series of organs, psychiatry stands in a marginal and therefore fragile position vis-à-vis medicine in general. Psychiatrists use two strategies to avoid possible exclusion: a connection with neurosciences – designed to link psychiatry with the “exact” sciences – and the use of educational and normative rhetoric to establish a social legitimacy where medical legitimacy falls short. Three other strategies seem to us better adapted to psychiatric professional identity: the promotion of researches combining exact sciences with social sciences and the humanities, the assertion of both integration and marginality with regard to hyper specialized medicine, and the evolution from a strict educational discourse to a more complex discourse concerning the unconscious issues behind the structuring of human relations.)

Professionalism in Early Childhood Education and Care

by Mathias Urban

“Alexis Gierra, "interprète juré de langues orientales" à Marseille : une carrière entre marchands, frères et refugiés (fin XVIIIe-premier tiers du XIXe siècle”

by Mathieu Grenet

in Langues et langages du commerce à l’époque moderne, eds. Gilbert Buti and Olivier Raveux, Aix-en-Provence: Presses de l’Université de Provence (forthcoming, Winter 2011).
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