Health systems in transition: Professional identity work in the context of shifting institutional logics

• Main Authors: KYRATSIS, Yiannis, ATUN, Rifat, PHILLIPS, Nelson, TRACEY, Paul, GEORGE, Gerard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: professional identites; physicians; doctors; healthcare; Medicine and Health Sciences; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4909; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5908/viewcontent/amj.2013.0684.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We investigate how established professionals manage their identities in the face of identity threats from a contested shift in the professional logic that characterizes their field. To do so, we draw on interviews with 113 physicians from five European transition countries who faced pressure for cha...