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Chapter 27 - Professional Identity and Routine Dynamics

from Part III - Themes in Routine Dynamics Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2021

By
Emre Karali
Edited by
Martha S. Feldman ,
Brian T. Pentland ,
Luciana D'Adderio ,
Katharina Dittrich ,
Claus Rerup  and
David Seidl
Martha S. Feldman
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
Brian T. Pentland
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
Luciana D'Adderio
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Katharina Dittrich
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
Claus Rerup
Affiliation:
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
David Seidl
Affiliation:
University of Zurich
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Summary

I review the routine dynamics literature from a professional identity perspective. Little research has been carried out in this area, although important insights can be acquired from understanding the dynamics of routine enactment through routine participants’ professional identities. I discuss how routines and routine participants’ professional identities are mutually constitutive, meaning that change in one can lead to change in the other, and vice versa. I propose future research that can help us to better understand stability and change in routines, and what effect stability and change in routines can have on routine participants’ professional identities.

Keywords

Routinesroutine dynamicsprofessional identitystabilitychange
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Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics , pp. 370 - 379
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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