02841nam a2200445Ii 4500 9781787698055 UtOrBLW 20251029120204.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 190617t20192019enk ob 001 0 eng d 9781787698055 (e-book) UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW HD8038.A1 T66 2019 KJ bicssc BUS000000 bisacsh 658.8 Tomo, Andrea, author. 59576 Professional identity crisis : balancing the internal and external perception of professional image / Andrea Tomo. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019. ©2019 1 online resource (xv, 152 pages) ; cm. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Emerald points Includes bibliographical references and index. Prelims -- Introduction -- Professional identity: features and implications -- Professionals and identity crisis: a flexibility matter? -- Professionals' attempts to manage uncertainties and de-professionalization: the case of Italian accountants -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. <p >In a professional world that is quickly transforming and becoming increasingly volatile and uncertain, the nature of professional identity is complex and dynamic. The current literature has overlooked many issues concerning how professionals react and behave in the face of threats to their identity and image and there is a lack of a systemic analysis of the phenomenon of professional identity crisis.</p><p >This book contends that a full comprehension of the dynamics taking place is now paramount from the individual perspective and provides a new theoretical and practical approach to the analysis and interpretation of these issues. Providing a novel understanding, the book delivers an empirical case to explore professionals' reactions in a context characterised by a sharp deprofessionalisation pattern and everexpanding regulation, uncertainty, and external pressures, which constrain and mould accountants' professional boundaries and activities.</p><p >This book will prove a useful read to researchers across organisation studies, as well as interested professionals. Print version record. Professional employees. 59577 Professional ethics. 59578 Business & Economics General. bisacsh Business & management. bicssc 9781787698086 Emerald points. https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787698055 51503 51503