The talent burden—Identity threats and threat responses in the context of an early‐career talent program

IF 3.4 3区 管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT European Management Review Pub Date : 2024-08-16 DOI:10.1111/emre.12674
Pernilla Bolander, Jennie Sumelius, Andreas Werr
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Although previous research has mainly assumed that talent designation “buoys” individuals' identities, current research is increasingly pointing at the mixed blessing of being identified as a talent. Adopting an identity work perspective, we examine what identity threats talents perceive in the context of an early‐career talent program and how they respond to these perceived threats. Our study builds on qualitative interviews conducted in a large Swedish MNC during three different phases of a talent program. Our findings advance the literature by developing a deeper understanding of the “identity struggles” early‐career talents face during their talent journeys. We conceptualize these struggles as identity threats and identify and analyse specific threats as well as how talents respond to these threats. Our findings show a strong willingness to protect the talent identity, but responses vary over time and between individuals. The study sheds light on how different sources of identity threat and different critical experiences, especially regarding career progress and perceived social support, lead to different responses and outcomes of talent designation.
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人才负担--早期职业人才计划中的身份威胁和威胁应对措施
尽管以往的研究主要假定人才认定会 "提升 "个人的身份认同,但目前的研究越来越多地指出,被认定为人才会带来喜忧参半的结果。我们从身份工作的角度出发,研究了在早期职业人才计划的背景下,人才会感知到哪些身份威胁,以及他们如何应对这些感知到的威胁。我们的研究以瑞典一家大型跨国公司在人才计划的三个不同阶段进行的定性访谈为基础。我们的研究结果加深了对早期职业人才在其人才历程中所面临的 "身份挣扎 "的理解,从而推动了相关文献的发展。我们将这些挣扎概念化为身份威胁,并识别和分析了具体的威胁以及人才如何应对这些威胁。我们的研究结果表明,人才有强烈的意愿保护自己的身份,但不同时期和不同个体的反应各不相同。这项研究揭示了不同的身份威胁来源和不同的关键经历(尤其是在职业发展和感知到的社会支持方面)如何导致不同的人才指定反应和结果。
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期刊介绍: The European Management Review is an international journal dedicated to advancing the understanding of management in private and public sector organizations through empirical investigation and theoretical analysis. The European Management Review provides an international forum for dialogue between researchers, thereby improving the understanding of the nature of management in different settings and promoting the transfer of research results to management practice. Although one of the European Management Review"s aims is to foster the general advancement of management scholarship among European scholars and/or those academics interested in European management issues.
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