Professional Socialization During Restructuring: A Study of Workload and Career Time
| Autor: | Johan Österberg, Joel Nilsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Sociology and Political Science business.industry Restructuring 05 social sciences Socialization (Marxism) 0211 other engineering and technologies Workload 02 engineering and technology Public relations Officer Organizational change 0502 economics and business Sociology business Safety Research 050203 business & management Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Armed Forces & Society. 48:872-891 |
| ISSN: | 1556-0848 0095-327X |
| Popis: | This article examines the experiences of newly graduated officers and specialist officers, as they recently entered employment in the Swedish Armed Forces. Building on 35 interviews, this article illustrates the dynamics of excessive workload and an unstructured working environment, and how embedded strategies for mentoring and guidance can reduce negative outcomes associated with the workload. The article introduces the concept of career time, reflecting the participant’s propensity to perform unpaid work to pursue a career in the organization. This study reveals tensions between organizational and employee interests, and experiences of exclusion from the officer profession, contextualized drawing on classical theorists Foucault and Habermas. When restructuring organizations, the quest for efficiency can outweigh professional values, such as esprit de corps and taking pride in work and professional identity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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