Inauthentic selves
Subtitle: image and identity in adaptation to new professional roles
By: Herminia Ibarra
Contributors: Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 98-007; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 98-007
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 62
Description: To command credibility with their clients, junior professionals must learn to display an effective image long before they actually feel competent in their roles. This study explores the process of developing a professional image that "fits" the individual and is credible with important role-set members as a central task of status passage in professional adaptation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.