The aim of this chapter is to better understand how identity regulation – a key mode of control – is exercised within organizations. This process ‘encompasses the more or less intentional effects of social practices upon processes of identity construction and reconstruction’ (Alvesson &...

In the last decades, identity has become an increasing target and outcome of organizational control, notably through processes of identity regulation (Alvesson and Willmott, 2002). Several studies provide strong evidence of the relevance of the organizational practices of identity regulation...

Dans un contexte de préoccupation croissante des RPS (risques psychosociaux), la formation des managers à la gestion des RPS des membres de leur équipe tend à se développer. Dans ces formations, les formats pédagogiques de type "groupe d'analyse de pratiques" sont en expansion. Comment ces...

By testing a personal interpretation of Barnard’s view in an empirical study dealing with telework, this paper identifies the risks run by a teleworkers’ manager, the individual and organizational mechanisms implemented to reduce these risks as much as possible, and the relevance of a...

Previous work about identity construction in management studies has focused on a stable individual identity that only evolves with major events. Conversely, this research aims to explore a more situated identity construction in front of day-to-day working activities. We borrow Danilo...

Currently, telework stands a s one of the fastest developing illustrations of the so called virtual organization. Although it has started to boom in Europe, it still raises reluctance in companies that may implement it in their teams. One main reason listed in the literature for this reluctance...