Doctoral Dissertation Research: Managing Conflicting Social and Work Identities

当个人的工作角色身份与其社会身份（如种族/民族、国籍或公民身份）发生冲突时，个人如何应对？该研究系统地评估了律师和法官在试图管理多重且可能相互冲突的身份时所采用的策略，并试图了解这些身份影响工作相关互动的情况。这项研究审查了不断变化的法律的指导方针，这些指导方针导致了与移民案件有关的听证会。这种变化提供了一个网站，观察角色身份（一种个人身份，往往侧重于工作角色）和社会身份之间的身份冲突加剧。特别是，法官和律师承担着与工作有关的特定角色，需要协助与他们有着特定社会身份/种族/族裔但没有其他社会身份/公民身份的人定罪和判刑。这项研究弥合了差距，也扩大了其他研究，以识别和分类身份管理策略，如距离，分配与断言的身份，印象管理。本研究提出了以下研究问题：1）拉丁美洲/a律师和法官参与这些案件管理他们的潜在冲突的身份不同于非拉丁美洲/a？2)在这些拉丁裔/a律师和法官的工作中，与被告共享的社会身份是有害的还是有益的？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：内容分析的法律的文件，媒体报道，和活动家的出版物;人种学观察的法庭诉讼;和采访律师和法官（包括拉丁美洲/a和非拉丁美洲/a），其中包括嵌入experiments.The所得的理论冲突的身份管理将有助于广泛未来的身份研究。身份管理理论的发展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围绕移民犯罪和移民诉讼的种族/族裔问题。了解该计划对法律的专业人员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。

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.