TY - JOUR
T1 - Identity work as a response to tensions
T2 - A re-narration in opera rehearsals
AU - Beech, N.
AU - Gilmore, C.
AU - Cochrane, E.
AU - Greig, G.
PY - 2012/3/1
Y1 - 2012/3/1
N2 - This paper explores identity work in the creative setting of an opera company. We focus on how people account for who they are and what they do as they go through the process of preparing to perform an opera. Identity work can occur as a response to internal tensions and we inquire into the kinds of tension that occur for our research participants. We go on to analyse a dramatic event as a form of re-narration and we consider how the re-narration can occur. As a result we seek to make two related contributions to the literature on identity work in the creative industries. First, we elucidate three kinds of internal tension that can elicit on-going identity work by people in creative organisations. Second, we explicate re-narration as an aspect of the process of identity work. In re-narration, the characters of others become reformed so as to fit with a narrative that holds sway in the social context, and as a result the relationship between self and other is affected.
AB - This paper explores identity work in the creative setting of an opera company. We focus on how people account for who they are and what they do as they go through the process of preparing to perform an opera. Identity work can occur as a response to internal tensions and we inquire into the kinds of tension that occur for our research participants. We go on to analyse a dramatic event as a form of re-narration and we consider how the re-narration can occur. As a result we seek to make two related contributions to the literature on identity work in the creative industries. First, we elucidate three kinds of internal tension that can elicit on-going identity work by people in creative organisations. Second, we explicate re-narration as an aspect of the process of identity work. In re-narration, the characters of others become reformed so as to fit with a narrative that holds sway in the social context, and as a result the relationship between self and other is affected.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scaman.2011.12.005
DO - 10.1016/j.scaman.2011.12.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857439302
SN - 0956-5221
VL - 28
SP - 39
EP - 47
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Management
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Management
IS - 1
ER -