Doctoral Dissertation Research: Managing Conflicting Social and Work Identities

博士论文研究：管理冲突的社会和工作身份

• 批准号: 1433927
• 负责人: Robin Stryker
• 金额: $ 1.19万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1433927&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Managing; Conflicting

How do individuals navigate situations in which their work-role identity is put in conflict with their social identities such as race/ethnicity, nationality, or citizenship status? The study systematically assesses strategies employed by lawyers and judges as they attempt to manage multiple, and potentially conflicting, identities and it seeks to understand the circumstances under which these identities affect job-related interactions. The research examines changing legal guidelines that have resulted in en masse hearings related to immigration cases. This change provides a site for observing heightened identity conflict between role identities (a form of personal identity that often focuses on work roles) and social identities. In particular, judges and lawyers take on a specific work-related role identity that entails assisting in the conviction and sentencing of people with whom they share a particular social identity/race/ethnicity, but do not share another social identity/citizenship. This research bridges a gap and also expands other research to recognize and categorize identity management strategies such as distancing, assigned vs. asserted identities, and impression management. This study asks the following research questions: 1) Do Latino/a lawyers and judges involved in these cases manage their potentially conflicting identities differently than non-Latino/as? 2) Is a shared social identity with defendants detrimental or useful in the work of these Latino/a lawyers and judges? To answer these questions, this research employs a mixed-method qualitative research design, including: content analyses of legal documents, media reports, and activist publications; ethnographic observations of courtroom proceedings; and interviews with attorneys and judges (both Latino/a and non-Latino/a) that include an embedded experiment.The resultant theory of conflicting identity management will contribute broadly to future research on identity. Conflicting identity management theory will also inform best practices on how to deal with potentially conflicting identities in work settings. The research can also contribute to specific understandings of how the criminal justice system deals with racial/ethnic issues surrounding immigration crimes and en masse proceedings. Understanding the broader effects of the program on legal professionals is especially important not only to social scientists but to society at large.

个人如何应对他们的工作角色身份与他们的社会身份(如种族/民族、国籍或公民身份)冲突的情况？这项研究系统地评估了律师和法官在试图管理多个潜在冲突的身份时所使用的策略，并试图了解这些身份在什么情况下影响与工作相关的互动。这项研究审查了不断变化的法律指导方针，这些指导方针导致了与移民案件有关的集体听证会。这一变化为观察角色身份(一种通常侧重于工作角色的个人身份)和社会身份之间加剧的身份冲突提供了一个场所。特别是，法官和律师承担着特定的与工作有关的角色身份，这需要协助定罪和判刑与他们具有特定社会身份/种族/族裔但不具有另一种社会身份/公民身份的人。这项研究弥补了一个差距，也扩展了其他研究，以识别和分类身份管理策略，如距离、分配和断言的身份，以及印象管理。这项研究提出了以下研究问题：1)参与这些案件的拉丁裔/a律师和法官处理他们潜在冲突身份的方式是否与非拉丁裔/as不同？2)与被告共享的社会身份在这些拉丁裔/a律师和法官的工作中是有害的还是有用的？为了回答这些问题，本研究采用了混合方法的定性研究设计，包括：对法律文件、媒体报道和激进分子出版物的内容分析；对法庭程序的人种学观察；以及对律师和法官(包括拉丁裔/a和非拉丁裔/a)的访谈，其中包括嵌入实验。由此产生的身份冲突管理理论将对未来身份认同的研究做出广泛贡献。相互冲突的身份管理理论还将为如何处理工作环境中潜在的身份冲突提供最佳实践。这项研究还有助于具体了解刑事司法系统如何处理与移民犯罪和集体诉讼有关的种族/族裔问题。了解该项目对法律专业人士的更广泛影响，不仅对社会科学家，而且对整个社会都特别重要。