1016: Innovating Identity Management Theorizing to Illuminate the Experiences of Marginalized Employees (15589)

Session Chair(s)

• RR

  Ryan Ragaglia

  U. of Colorado, Boulder, United States

Participant(s)

• SV

  Sabrina Volpone

  U. of Colorado, Boulder, United States
• RR

  Ryan Ragaglia

  U. of Colorado, Boulder, United States

Session Chair(s)

• SV

  Sabrina Volpone

  U. of Colorado, Boulder, United States

Presenter(s)

• ED

  Emily David

  NUS Business School, Singapore
• MD

  Mallory Decker

  PhD candidate at CU Boulder, United States
• RR

  Ryan Ragaglia

  U. of Colorado, Boulder, United States
• LM

  Larry Martinez

  UT Arlington, United States

Participant(s)

• WC

  Wendy Casper

  U. of Texas At Arlington, United States
• AF

  Ariane Froidevaux

  U. of Texas At Arlington, United States
• NS

  Nicholas Smith

  ohsu-psu school of public health, United States

Over the last 20 years, research on identity management, the strategic choices employees make to manage others’ impressions of their association with a stigmatized identity(ies), has contributed to a growing understanding of the crucial role of employment experiences for people with marginalized identities (e.g., employees with disabilities, sexual minorities). The identity management literature is at a critical juncture, however, as employees with marginalized identities are increasingly bringing new and more complex aspects of themselves to work (e.g., intersectional identities) that are not well understood in current research. As such, to aid scholars in ‘Innovating for the Future’ during the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, we aim to spark dialogue about how scholars can innovate theorizing around identity management processes in a way that better illuminates the lived experiences of marginalized employees. To achieve this, we included research in this symposium that employed grounded theory methodologies to deepen the novel theoretical contributions of the work offered . As such, the presentations, along with the unique theory-focused discussion that will take place after, are poised to help scholars innovate the future of the identity management literature using the developments presented in the symposium that are centered on illuminating the lived experiences of marginalized employees.

Presentations:

• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1016: Working through Impending Doom: The Identity Renegotiation of Employees with a Chronic Illness (15589)
  

  Author: Emily David – NUS Business School

  Author: Sabrina DeeAnn Volpone – U. of Colorado, Boulder

  Author: Wendy J. Casper – U. of Texas At Arlington

  Author: Ariane Froidevaux – U. of Texas At Arlington
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1016: Exploring Women’s Identity Management in Engineering Firms Characterized by Masculine Defaults (15589)
  

  Author: Mallory Decker – PhD candidate at CU Boulder
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1016: Am I My Mental Illness? Identity Management and the Disclosure of Mental Health Conditions (15589)
  

  Author: Ryan Ragaglia – U. of Colorado, Boulder
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1016: Continual Disclosure of Intersectional Identities at Work: The 'Closet within a Closet' Phenomenon (15589)
  

  Author: Sabrina DeeAnn Volpone – U. of Colorado, Boulder

  Author: Ryan Ragaglia – U. of Colorado, Boulder

  Author: Nicholas Anthony Smith – ohsu-psu school of public health

  Author: Larry R. Martinez – UT Arlington