A case of mistaken (role) identity?: Envisioning entrepreneurial role demands

<p>This thesis argues that the foster parent dual role identity problem is due to value conflict between two implicit models that currently inform contemporary understandings of the role. Both implicit models are outlined; the ‘parent’ model as an extemporaneous development of mid-19th century early modern foster care, and the ‘professional’ model as a formal response to changes in role demands in the mid-20th century. While neither model can independently account for exemplary foster parenting practices, a hybrid model that integrates aspects from both is problematic due to divergent sets of values that underpin each conceptualisation. In response to the dual role identity problem, this thesis proposes an alternative model that is informed by reflective practice and a relational ethics perspective. The aim of this procedural practice model is to support and explicitly guide foster parents through those practice dilemmas that are frequently underpinned by value conflict. In summary, this thesis will discuss the implications of this procedural model for practice and training programmes.</p>

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The conflict between social role expectations and entrepreneurial role demands among women entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa: empirical study from Ethiopia

Gender in Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/gm-08-2019-0141 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Hundera Mulu ◽

Geert Duysters ◽

Wim Naudé ◽

Josette Dijkhuizen

Keyword(s):

Role Conflict ◽

Women Entrepreneurs ◽

Social Role ◽

Work And Family ◽

Role Expectations ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Content Type ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Role Demands ◽

Entrepreneurial Role

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop items for measuring the role conflict between social role expectations (SREs) and entrepreneurial role demands (ERDs) among women entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach This paper uses 20 interviews and literature from SSA to develop items, a survey of 408 to conduct factor analysis and a survey of 307 to conduct criterion validity analysis. Findings Statistical analysis shows that the scales used adequately captured two dimensions of SRE and ERD conflict: SRE-to-ERD conflict and ERD-to-SRE conflict. It was found that the SRE-to-ERD-conflict scale is reliable and valid with the five dimensions of entrepreneurial success and that women entrepreneur’s experience significant role conflict between SREs and ERDs. Research limitations/implications The implication is that standard scales measuring work and family conflict, which tend to focus solely on the work and family context, cannot adequately account for role conflict among women entrepreneurs. Practical implications The practical implications of these findings are discussed. Originality/value New scale items form measuring the conflict between SREs and ERDs were developed.

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Addressing the dual role identity problem in foster parenting

10.26686/wgtn.17012546 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Wendy J. Cuthbert

Keyword(s):

Parenting Practices ◽

Role Identity ◽

Dual Role ◽

Value Conflict ◽

Identity Problem ◽

Practice Model ◽

Foster Parenting ◽

Training Programmes ◽

Role Demands ◽

Professional Model

<p>This thesis argues that the foster parent dual role identity problem is due to value conflict between two implicit models that currently inform contemporary understandings of the role. Both implicit models are outlined; the ‘parent’ model as an extemporaneous development of mid-19th century early modern foster care, and the ‘professional’ model as a formal response to changes in role demands in the mid-20th century. While neither model can independently account for exemplary foster parenting practices, a hybrid model that integrates aspects from both is problematic due to divergent sets of values that underpin each conceptualisation. In response to the dual role identity problem, this thesis proposes an alternative model that is informed by reflective practice and a relational ethics perspective. The aim of this procedural practice model is to support and explicitly guide foster parents through those practice dilemmas that are frequently underpinned by value conflict. In summary, this thesis will discuss the implications of this procedural model for practice and training programmes.</p>

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Sex-Role Identity and Achievement Motivation

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1963.12.2.483 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 483-490 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Alfred B. Heilbrun

Keyword(s):

Achievement Motivation ◽

Social Role ◽

Sex Role ◽

Role Identity ◽

Sex Role Identity ◽

The Social ◽

Two Samples ◽

Behavior Consistency ◽

Role Demands ◽

Role Confusion

The hypothesis tested in this study was that the social role demands of college and feminine sex-typed roles were to some extent incompatible and that this resulted in sex-role confusion among college females and among males with a more feminine identification. Two samples of male and female undergraduates were tested on measures of social value-social behavior consistency, i.e., the measure of role confusion, and identification. It was found that females in general do show greater value-behavior inconsistency in line with the hypotheses, but this was restricted to a class of behaviors relevant to achievement motivation only and not to a wider range of inter-personal roles. The same findings were obtained when more feminine males were compared with more masculine males, but no differences in value-behavior consistency as a function of masculinity-femininity of identification were shown by females. Implications for counseling were examined.

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A foot in both camps: role identity and entrepreneurial orientation in professional service firms

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research ◽

10.1108/ijebr-09-2015-0201 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 718-744 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Steven A. Stewart ◽

Gary J. Castrogiovanni ◽

Bryant Ashley Hudson

Keyword(s):

Risk Taking ◽

Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽

Professional Role ◽

Role Identity ◽

Professional Service ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Content Type ◽

Medical Practitioners ◽

Identity Importance ◽

Entrepreneurial Role

Purpose – Professional service entrepreneurs (PSEs) paradoxically practice their profession in highly institutionalized contexts that require intense socialization, while also enacting another role as an entrepreneur. Activities consistent with entrepreneurship may be unnecessary for – and possibly contradictory with – activities consistent with professional roles. The purpose of this paper is to address the question of how two highly important role identities (professional and entrepreneurial) relate to entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in professional firms. Design/methodology/approach – Using a survey methodology, the authors measure entrepreneurial and professional role identity importance, and PSE’s perceptions of firm-level EO, using a sample of 138 medical practitioners who own and operate their own small-to medium-sized professional practices. In this paper, the authors examine the associations of the importance of these identities, and the relative importance of one to another, with EO. Findings – The authors find that a PSE’s entrepreneurial role identity importance is positively related to the EO dimensions of risk taking and innovativeness, while professional role identity importance is negatively related to risk taking. Additionally, the authors find that the degree of relative importance (centrality) of an entrepreneurial role identity to a professional role identity is related positively to the EO dimensions of risk taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness. Research limitations/implications – This is a cross-sectional study. As such, the authors examine associations rather than a process. The sample is limited to professional medical practitioners in the USA who own and operate their own practices. Originality/value – This paper helps to better understand why some professional firms are more entrepreneurial than others. The findings suggest that, even in the conservative context of professional services, the PSEs entrepreneurial role centrality is consistent with the EO of the firm’s strategies.

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Instrumentality and Expressiveness at Work

Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O ◽

10.1026/0932-4089/a000148 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 111-124 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sonja Sobiraj ◽

Sabine Korek ◽

Thomas Rigotti

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Work Roles ◽

Professional Work ◽

Gender Typicality ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Male Dominated ◽

Role Demands

Men’s professional work roles require different attributes according to the gender-typicality of their occupation (female- versus male-dominated). We predicted that levels of men’s strain and job satisfaction would be predicted by levels of self-ascribed instrumental and expressive attributes. Therefore, we tested for positive effects of instrumentality for men in general, and instrumentality in interaction with expressiveness for men in female-dominated occupations in particular. Data were based on a survey of 213 men working in female-dominated occupations and 99 men working in male-dominated occupations. We found instrumentality to be negatively related to men’s strain and positively related to their job satisfaction. We also found expressiveness of men in female-dominated occupations to be related to reduced strain when instrumentality was low. This suggests it is important for men to be able to identify highly with either instrumentality or expressiveness when regulating role demands in female-dominated occupations.

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Centralization and Effectiveness of Reward Management in Multinational Enterprises

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000195 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 55-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael Tekieli ◽

Marion Festing ◽

Xavier Baeten

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Multinational Enterprises ◽

Role Identity ◽

Management Decision ◽

Role Identities ◽

Management Decision Making ◽

New Perspective ◽

Subsidiary Managers ◽

The Relationship

Abstract. Based on responses from 158 reward managers located at the headquarters or subsidiaries of multinational enterprises, the present study examines the relationship between the centralization of reward management decision making and its perceived effectiveness in multinational enterprises. Our results show that headquarters managers perceive a centralized approach as being more effective, while for subsidiary managers this relationship is moderated by the manager’s role identity. Referring to social identity theory, the present study enriches the standardization versus localization debate through a new perspective focusing on psychological processes, thereby indicating the importance of in-group favoritism in headquarters and the influence of subsidiary managers’ role identities on reward management decision making.

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