Institutions and the Self

Tobias Bruegger, William Ocasio

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Abstract

How can corporate managers act in accordance with their sense of who they are? We draw upon research on institutions and the self to conceptualize the core self as an experienced reference point and internal moral compass to perform organizational and institutional roles. Based on a study of the daily conduct of corporate managers, we identify the dynamics at play when the core self becomes a reference point for managers to enact their managerial role. We identify the three dynamics of distancing, anchoring, and engaging which characterize the process of drawing upon the core self for role enactment. We introduce an understanding of anchored role enactment in which people orchestrate the dialectical dynamics of engagement with organizational and institutional roles and distancing from them by anchoring, that is a performative reference to the core self to ground their role enactment in their sense of who they are.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
EditorsSonia Taneja
Number of pages1
Place of PublicationValhalla, NY
PublisherAcademy of Management
Publication date2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes
EventThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024: Innovating for the Future: Policy, Purpose, and Organizations - Chicago, United States
Duration: 9 Aug 202413 Aug 2024
Conference number: 84
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Conference

ConferenceThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024
Number84
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period09/08/202413/08/2024
Internet address
SeriesAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
ISSN2151-6561

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