69: Explaining Ourselves: Crafting and Communicating an Academic Identity Narrative. (16339)

Friday, August 9, 2024

09:00 – 11:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Fairmont: Embassy Room

Session Number: 69
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/WypX8P

Organizer(s)

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Sophie Elizabeth Jané

Umeå School of Business, Economics, and Statistics, Sweden

Panelist(s)

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Daniel Milner

Oklahoma State U., United States
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Malia F. Mason

-, United States

Organizer(s)

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Renate Kratochvil

BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
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Fannie Couture

HEC Montreal, Canada
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Molly L. Weinstein

Northwestern U., United States

Facilitator(s)

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Bonnie Stanway

The U. of Sydney Business School

Distinguished Speaker(s)

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Shelley Brickson

U. of Illinois at Chicago, United States

Panelist(s)

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Ajnesh Prasad

EGADE Business School, Canada
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Innan Sasaki

Warwick Business School, United Kingdom
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Florencio F. Portocarrero

London School of Economics and Political Science, United States

Early career academics face many challenges – how to move from doctoral student to post-doc or tenure – track positions? How to create and sustain positive relationships and collaborations with colleagues or mentors? How to authentically distinguish oneself from the crowd? Crafting an identity narrative to share with others is a central strategy to overcome these hurdles (Ibarra & Lineback, 2005) yet it is not without difficulties. For instance, how can early careers strategically weave their research, teaching, and service work into a coherent and compelling narrative? How can they work through the inherent tensions between identity maintenance and change (Bloom, Colbert, & Nielsen, 2020; Sugiyama, Ladge, & Dokko, 2022)? How do they create coherence and continuity when by nature transitions are discontinuous (see Linde, 1993)? In this PDW, an international panel of organizational scholars will share the techniques they used throughout their academic identity crafting journey to navigate these difficulties (Brickson, 2011), discussing and providing personalized feedback on how early-career scholars can craft an identity narrative that is authentic and appealing, and how they can leverage their crafted narrative/identity to advance their careers. This PDW is “hands-on”; participants will leave with tangible advice on how they can craft their academic identity to facilitate their academic journey.

While the first half of the session is open to all, the second half (hands-on workshopping of your identity narrative) requires pre-registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXODuDcEUsIq9l-yrfO9cB9NFM8ipTFmfAe--tiN5hiHxexg/viewform