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Liminality and the practices of identity reconstruction
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to contribute a conceptualization of liminality, a state of in-between-ness and ambiguity, as it applies to identity reconstruction of people in organizations. Liminality is discussed in anthropological and organizational literatures and a composite understanding is developed here. This incorporates a dialogical perspective and defines liminal practices along with varying orientations of dialogue between the self and others. Application of this conceptualization is illustrated by analysis of two cases and a broader application of the concept to the identity work literature is discussed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Beech, N.
- Venue
- Human Relations
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-09-23
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 285-302
- ISSN
- 0018-7267 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-282X
- OpenAlex
- W2124927290
- Cited by
- 572
- References
- 39
- FWCI
- 22.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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