Employee occupational identity

2021 ◽  
pp. 289-306
Author(s):  
Maria J. Jerez-Jerez ◽  
T. C. Melewar ◽  
Pantea Foroudi
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Identity

scholarly journals Understanding the occupational identity of care-givers for people with mental health problems

2021 ◽  
pp. 030802262110181
Author(s):  
Megan L Howes ◽  
Diane Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Occupational Identity ◽  
Care Giver ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Occupational Participation

Introduction There is recognition within the literature that the role of care-giving can have a negative impact on care-givers’ general well-being. Less is understood about the role of care-giving on an individual’s occupational participation and in turn occupational identity. Occupational therapists have a unique understanding of the interplay between occupational participation and health, though this is an area that has been under researched in relation to mental health care-givers. Therefore, the current research aims to understand how the role of care-giving for an individual with a mental illness impacts on occupational participation and identity. Method A qualitative semi-structured interview the Occupational Performance and History Interview–Version 2 was utilised to understand life experiences. Six mental health care-givers were interviewed, and these interviews were transcribed for thematic analysis. Findings Three main themes were identified: being me, roles and responsibilities associated with care-giving and services. Conclusion The findings suggest being a mental health care-giver does have a detrimental impact on occupational participation and therefore occupational identity. As care-givers gained more experience in their role, they used occupational adaption as a positive coping mechanism that helped them achieve occupational balance. Using their unique understanding of occupational participation and occupational identity, occupational therapists are well placed to utilise their knowledge and skills to work in a systemic way supporting both the person with mental illness and their care-giver.

Gender and Legitimacy in Personal Service Occupations: The Case of End-of-Life Doulas and Death Midwives

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124162110489
Author(s):  
Ara A. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Occupational Identity ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Personal Service ◽  
Unpaid Labor ◽  
Marginalized Women ◽  
Service Jobs ◽  
The Relationship

The emerging occupations of end-of-life doula and death midwife are part of a growing sector of personal service jobs. Designed to support, educate, and empower dying people and their loved ones, these new roles entail both the commodification of women’s unpaid labor and a repositioning of the paid work typically done by marginalized women. This study examines the identity talk of 19 occupational pioneers and focuses on the relationship between gender, class, race, and efforts to secure occupational legitimacy. Findings suggest that, in an effort to mitigate tensions stemming from the professionalization of feminized work, these pioneers strategically embrace a feminine occupational identity in ways that code their labor as White and middle class.

scholarly journals Older Workers and Occupational Identity in the Telecommunications Industry: Navigating Employment Transitions through the Life Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert MacKenzie ◽  
Abigail Marks
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Occupational Identity ◽  
Alternative Employment ◽  
Employment Transitions ◽  
Occupational Community ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The Life Course

The article examines the relationship between restructuring and work-based identity among older workers, exploring occupational identity, occupational community and their roles in navigating transitions in the life course. Based on working-life biographical interviews with late career and retired telecoms engineers, the article explores the role of occupational identity in dealing with change prior to and following the end of careers at BT, the UK’s national telecommunications provider. Restructuring and perpetual organizational change undermined key aspects of the engineering occupational identity, inspiring many to seek alternative employment outside BT. For older workers, some seeking bridge employment in the transition to retirement, the occupational community not only served as a mechanism for finding work but also provided a sustained collective identity resource. Distinctively, the research points to a dialectical relationship between occupational identity and the navigation of change as opposed to the former simply facilitating the latter.

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