Professional Identity Crisis: Balancing the Internal and External Perception of Professional Image

Andrea Tomo

ISBN 10: 1787698084 / ISBN 13: 9781787698086

Published by Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Professional Identity Crisis: Balancing the Internal and External Perception of Professional Image
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787698084
• ISBN 13: 9781787698086
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 214 grams

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Synopsis

In a professional world that is quicklytransforming and becoming increasingly volatile and uncertain, the nature ofprofessional identity is complex and dynamic. The current literature hasoverlooked many issues concerning how professionals react and behave in theface of threats to their identity and image and there is a lack of a systemicanalysis of the phenomenon of professional identity crisis.

This book contends that a fullcomprehension of the dynamics taking place is now paramount from the individualperspective and provides a new theoretical and practical approach to theanalysis and interpretation of these issues. Providing a novel understanding,the book delivers an empirical case to explore professionals' reactions in acontext characterised by a sharp de-professionalisation pattern and ever-expandingregulation, uncertainty, and external pressures, which constrain and mould accountants' professional boundaries and activities.

This book will prove a usefulread to researchers across organisation studies, as well as interestedprofessionals.

About the Author

Andrea Tomo is Assistant Professor of Organisation Studies at the Department of Economics, Management, Institutions of the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, where he also teaches Negotiation in Complex Organisations and Organisational Behaviour.