Andrew D. Brown is Professor of Organization Studies at the School of Management, University of Bath. He has previously held faculty positions at the universities of Manchester, Nottingham, Cambridge, and Warwick. His primary research interests centre on issues of identity, especially as they relate to sensemaking, narrative, and power. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization, and he is an Associate Editor for Human Relations.

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• 1: Andrew D. Brown: Identities in Organizations SECTION I: SURVEYING THE TERRITORY 2: Mats Alvesson and Susann Gjerde: On the Scope and Limits of Identity 3: Sierk Ybema: Bridging Self and Sociality: Construction and Social Control 4: Rosie Oswick and Cliff Oswick: 'Identity Work': A Metaphor Taken Literally 5: Nick Ellis and Gillian Hopkinson: Networks and Identity: Positioning the Self and Others Across Organizational and Network Boundaries 6: Patrizia Hoyer: Career Identity: An Ongoing Narrative Accomplishment 7: Doyin Atewologun, Roxanne Kutzer, and Elena Doldor: Applying an intersectional Perspective to Identity Foci at Work 8: Peter Mcinnes and Sandra Corlett: Preserving the Generative Potential of Identity Scholarship: The Value of Writerly Texts SECTION II: APPROACHES TO IDENTITIES RESEARCH 9: Timothy R. Kuhn and Jayne Simpson: Discourse, Communication and Identity 10: Gianpiero Petriglieri: A Psychodynamic Perspective on Identity as Fabrication 11: Kate Kenny: Lacan, Identities and Organizations: Potentialities and Impossibilities 12: Nic H. Beech and Stephen Broad: Performed Identities 13: Gerardo Patriotta: Noise, Identity and Pre-interpreted Worlds: A Phenomenological Perspective 14: Nancy H. Harding: Materialities and Identities 15: Heather C. Vough, Brianna B. Caza, and Sally Maitlis: Making Sense of Myself: Exploring the Relationship between Identity and Sensemaking 16: Chris Carter and Crawford Spence: Bourdieu and Identity: Class, History, and Field Structure SECTION III: RESEARCHING IDENTITIES 17: Tony Watson: Human Identities, Identity Work and Organizations: Putting the Sociological Imagination into Practice 18: Michael J. Gill: How Can I Study Who You Are? Comparing Grounded Theory and Phenomenology as Methodological Approaches to Identity Work Research 19: Leanne Cutcher: Conversations with the Self and Others: Practicing Reflexive Researcher Identity Work 20: Andrea Whittle and Frank Mueller: Membership Categorisation Analysis: Studying Identities in Talk and Text 'In Situ, In Vivo' 21: Mike Zundel, David Mackay, Robert Mcintosh, and Claire Mckenzie: Between the Bridge and the Door: Video Diaries and Identity Relations 22: Michael Rowlinson and Michael Heller: Historical Methods for Researching Identities in Organizations SECTION IV: ISSUES IN AND PROCESSES OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION 23: Roy Suddaby, Majken Schultz, and Trevor Israelsen: Autobiographical Memory and Organizational Identity: The Role of Temporal Fluidity 24: Sarah J. Tracy and Sophia Town: Real, Fake, and Crystallized Identities 25: Dan Karreman and Sanne Frandsen: Identity, Image, and Brand 26: Gail T. Fairhurst and Mathew L. Sheep: 'If You Have To Say You Are, You Aren't': Paradoxes of Trumpian Identity Work Knotting In A Post-Truth Context 27: Ingo Winkler: Emotions and Identity 28: Mark Learmonth and Martyn Griffin: Fiction and the Identity of the Manager 29: Herminia Ibarra and Otilia Obodaru: The Liminal Playground: Identity Play and the Creative Potential of Liminal Experiences 30: Marianna Fotaki: Gender Identity: Does It Still Matter in Organizations and Society? 31: Barbara Simpson and Brigid Carroll: Identity Work in Developing Collaborative Leadership SECTION V: IDENTITY TYPES AND KINDS 32: Susan Ainsworth: Age Identity and Organizations: Critical Potential and Challenges 33: Graeme Currie and Katey Logan: Hybrid Professional Identities: Responding to Institutional Challenges 34: Nick Rumens: Organization Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Identities 35: Glen E. Kreiner and Christine A. Mihelcic: Stigmatized Identities in Organizations 36: Yiannis Gabriel: Anchored in the Past: Nostalgic Identities in Organizations 37: Alexei Koveshnikov, Janne Tienari, and Eero Vaara: National Identity In and Around Multinational Corporations 38: Mathew L. Sheep: Paradoxes in the Pursuit of Positive Identities: Individuals in Organizations Becoming Their Best 39: Mairi Maclean and Charles Harvey: Crafting Philanthropic Identities 40: Mrinalini Greedharry, Pasi Ahonen, and Janne Tienari: Race and Identity in Organizations 41: Iva Josefsson: Creating Creative Identities in Organizations 42: Mehdi Boussebaa: Identity Regulation and Globalisation SECTION VI: IDENTITIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES 43: Alison Hirst and Michael Humphreys: Finding Ourselves in Space: Identity and Spatiality 44: Thibaut Bardon and Stephan Peze: Identity and Power in Organizational Theory 45: Jaco Lok: Theorizing the 'I' in Institutional Theory: Moving Forward Through Theoretical Fragmentation, not Integration 46: Jackie Ford: Leadership and Identities: Towards More Critical Relational Approaches 47: Emmanuelle Fauchart and Marc Gruber: Entrepreneurship and Identity 48: Ann Langley, David Oliver and Linda Rouleau: Strategy and Identities in Organizations SECTION VII: LOOKING FORWARD: THE FUTURE OF IDENTITIES IN ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH 49: Caroline Clarke and David Knights: The Killing Fields of Identity Politics 50: Blake E. Ashforth, Jordana R. Moser, and Philipp Bubenzer: Identities and Identification: Beyond our Fixation on the Organization 51: Christine Coupland and Simona Spedale: Agile Identities: Fragile Humans? 52: Karen Lee Ashcraft: Senses of Self: Affect as a Pre-Individual Approach to Identity at Work 53: Sumati Ahuja, Natalia Nikolova, and Stewart Clegg: Identities, Digital Nomads, and Liquid Modernity 54: Michael G. Pratt: Identity Saves the World? Musings on Where Identity Research Has Been and Where It Might Go 55: Andrew D. Brown: Identities in Organizations: Some Concluding Thoughts

Andrew D. Brown is Professor of Organization Studies at the School of Management, University of Bath. He has previously held faculty positions at the universities of Manchester, Nottingham, Cambridge, and Warwick. His primary research interests centre on issues of identity, especially as they relate to sensemaking, narrative, and power. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization, and he is an Associate Editor for Human Relations.

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• 1: Andrew D. Brown: Identities in Organizations SECTION I: SURVEYING THE TERRITORY 2: Mats Alvesson and Susann Gjerde: On the Scope and Limits of Identity 3: Sierk Ybema: Bridging Self and Sociality: Construction and Social Control 4: Rosie Oswick and Cliff Oswick: 'Identity Work': A Metaphor Taken Literally 5: Nick Ellis and Gillian Hopkinson: Networks and Identity: Positioning the Self and Others Across Organizational and Network Boundaries 6: Patrizia Hoyer: Career Identity: An Ongoing Narrative Accomplishment 7: Doyin Atewologun, Roxanne Kutzer, and Elena Doldor: Applying an intersectional Perspective to Identity Foci at Work 8: Peter Mcinnes and Sandra Corlett: Preserving the Generative Potential of Identity Scholarship: The Value of Writerly Texts SECTION II: APPROACHES TO IDENTITIES RESEARCH 9: Timothy R. Kuhn and Jayne Simpson: Discourse, Communication and Identity 10: Gianpiero Petriglieri: A Psychodynamic Perspective on Identity as Fabrication 11: Kate Kenny: Lacan, Identities and Organizations: Potentialities and Impossibilities 12: Nic H. Beech and Stephen Broad: Performed Identities 13: Gerardo Patriotta: Noise, Identity and Pre-interpreted Worlds: A Phenomenological Perspective 14: Nancy H. Harding: Materialities and Identities 15: Heather C. Vough, Brianna B. Caza, and Sally Maitlis: Making Sense of Myself: Exploring the Relationship between Identity and Sensemaking 16: Chris Carter and Crawford Spence: Bourdieu and Identity: Class, History, and Field Structure SECTION III: RESEARCHING IDENTITIES 17: Tony Watson: Human Identities, Identity Work and Organizations: Putting the Sociological Imagination into Practice 18: Michael J. Gill: How Can I Study Who You Are? Comparing Grounded Theory and Phenomenology as Methodological Approaches to Identity Work Research 19: Leanne Cutcher: Conversations with the Self and Others: Practicing Reflexive Researcher Identity Work 20: Andrea Whittle and Frank Mueller: Membership Categorisation Analysis: Studying Identities in Talk and Text 'In Situ, In Vivo' 21: Mike Zundel, David Mackay, Robert Mcintosh, and Claire Mckenzie: Between the Bridge and the Door: Video Diaries and Identity Relations 22: Michael Rowlinson and Michael Heller: Historical Methods for Researching Identities in Organizations SECTION IV: ISSUES IN AND PROCESSES OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION 23: Roy Suddaby, Majken Schultz, and Trevor Israelsen: Autobiographical Memory and Organizational Identity: The Role of Temporal Fluidity 24: Sarah J. Tracy and Sophia Town: Real, Fake, and Crystallized Identities 25: Dan Karreman and Sanne Frandsen: Identity, Image, and Brand 26: Gail T. Fairhurst and Mathew L. Sheep: 'If You Have To Say You Are, You Aren't': Paradoxes of Trumpian Identity Work Knotting In A Post-Truth Context 27: Ingo Winkler: Emotions and Identity 28: Mark Learmonth and Martyn Griffin: Fiction and the Identity of the Manager 29: Herminia Ibarra and Otilia Obodaru: The Liminal Playground: Identity Play and the Creative Potential of Liminal Experiences 30: Marianna Fotaki: Gender Identity: Does It Still Matter in Organizations and Society? 31: Barbara Simpson and Brigid Carroll: Identity Work in Developing Collaborative Leadership SECTION V: IDENTITY TYPES AND KINDS 32: Susan Ainsworth: Age Identity and Organizations: Critical Potential and Challenges 33: Graeme Currie and Katey Logan: Hybrid Professional Identities: Responding to Institutional Challenges 34: Nick Rumens: Organization Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Identities 35: Glen E. Kreiner and Christine A. Mihelcic: Stigmatized Identities in Organizations 36: Yiannis Gabriel: Anchored in the Past: Nostalgic Identities in Organizations 37: Alexei Koveshnikov, Janne Tienari, and Eero Vaara: National Identity In and Around Multinational Corporations 38: Mathew L. Sheep: Paradoxes in the Pursuit of Positive Identities: Individuals in Organizations Becoming Their Best 39: Mairi Maclean and Charles Harvey: Crafting Philanthropic Identities 40: Mrinalini Greedharry, Pasi Ahonen, and Janne Tienari: Race and Identity in Organizations 41: Iva Josefsson: Creating Creative Identities in Organizations 42: Mehdi Boussebaa: Identity Regulation and Globalisation SECTION VI: IDENTITIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES 43: Alison Hirst and Michael Humphreys: Finding Ourselves in Space: Identity and Spatiality 44: Thibaut Bardon and Stephan Peze: Identity and Power in Organizational Theory 45: Jaco Lok: Theorizing the 'I' in Institutional Theory: Moving Forward Through Theoretical Fragmentation, not Integration 46: Jackie Ford: Leadership and Identities: Towards More Critical Relational Approaches 47: Emmanuelle Fauchart and Marc Gruber: Entrepreneurship and Identity 48: Ann Langley, David Oliver and Linda Rouleau: Strategy and Identities in Organizations SECTION VII: LOOKING FORWARD: THE FUTURE OF IDENTITIES IN ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH 49: Caroline Clarke and David Knights: The Killing Fields of Identity Politics 50: Blake E. Ashforth, Jordana R. Moser, and Philipp Bubenzer: Identities and Identification: Beyond our Fixation on the Organization 51: Christine Coupland and Simona Spedale: Agile Identities: Fragile Humans? 52: Karen Lee Ashcraft: Senses of Self: Affect as a Pre-Individual Approach to Identity at Work 53: Sumati Ahuja, Natalia Nikolova, and Stewart Clegg: Identities, Digital Nomads, and Liquid Modernity 54: Michael G. Pratt: Identity Saves the World? Musings on Where Identity Research Has Been and Where It Might Go 55: Andrew D. Brown: Identities in Organizations: Some Concluding Thoughts

Andrew D. Brown is Professor of Organization Studies at the School of Management, University of Bath. He has previously held faculty positions at the universities of Manchester, Nottingham, Cambridge, and Warwick. His primary research interests centre on issues of identity, especially as they relate to sensemaking, narrative, and power. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization, and he is an Associate Editor for Human Relations.

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• 1: Andrew D. Brown: Identities in Organizations SECTION I: SURVEYING THE TERRITORY 2: Mats Alvesson and Susann Gjerde: On the Scope and Limits of Identity 3: Sierk Ybema: Bridging Self and Sociality: Construction and Social Control 4: Rosie Oswick and Cliff Oswick: 'Identity Work': A Metaphor Taken Literally 5: Nick Ellis and Gillian Hopkinson: Networks and Identity: Positioning the Self and Others Across Organizational and Network Boundaries 6: Patrizia Hoyer: Career Identity: An Ongoing Narrative Accomplishment 7: Doyin Atewologun, Roxanne Kutzer, and Elena Doldor: Applying an intersectional Perspective to Identity Foci at Work 8: Peter Mcinnes and Sandra Corlett: Preserving the Generative Potential of Identity Scholarship: The Value of Writerly Texts SECTION II: APPROACHES TO IDENTITIES RESEARCH 9: Timothy R. Kuhn and Jayne Simpson: Discourse, Communication and Identity 10: Gianpiero Petriglieri: A Psychodynamic Perspective on Identity as Fabrication 11: Kate Kenny: Lacan, Identities and Organizations: Potentialities and Impossibilities 12: Nic H. Beech and Stephen Broad: Performed Identities 13: Gerardo Patriotta: Noise, Identity and Pre-interpreted Worlds: A Phenomenological Perspective 14: Nancy H. Harding: Materialities and Identities 15: Heather C. Vough, Brianna B. Caza, and Sally Maitlis: Making Sense of Myself: Exploring the Relationship between Identity and Sensemaking 16: Chris Carter and Crawford Spence: Bourdieu and Identity: Class, History, and Field Structure SECTION III: RESEARCHING IDENTITIES 17: Tony Watson: Human Identities, Identity Work and Organizations: Putting the Sociological Imagination into Practice 18: Michael J. Gill: How Can I Study Who You Are? Comparing Grounded Theory and Phenomenology as Methodological Approaches to Identity Work Research 19: Leanne Cutcher: Conversations with the Self and Others: Practicing Reflexive Researcher Identity Work 20: Andrea Whittle and Frank Mueller: Membership Categorisation Analysis: Studying Identities in Talk and Text 'In Situ, In Vivo' 21: Mike Zundel, David Mackay, Robert Mcintosh, and Claire Mckenzie: Between the Bridge and the Door: Video Diaries and Identity Relations 22: Michael Rowlinson and Michael Heller: Historical Methods for Researching Identities in Organizations SECTION IV: ISSUES IN AND PROCESSES OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION 23: Roy Suddaby, Majken Schultz, and Trevor Israelsen: Autobiographical Memory and Organizational Identity: The Role of Temporal Fluidity 24: Sarah J. Tracy and Sophia Town: Real, Fake, and Crystallized Identities 25: Dan Karreman and Sanne Frandsen: Identity, Image, and Brand 26: Gail T. Fairhurst and Mathew L. Sheep: 'If You Have To Say You Are, You Aren't': Paradoxes of Trumpian Identity Work Knotting In A Post-Truth Context 27: Ingo Winkler: Emotions and Identity 28: Mark Learmonth and Martyn Griffin: Fiction and the Identity of the Manager 29: Herminia Ibarra and Otilia Obodaru: The Liminal Playground: Identity Play and the Creative Potential of Liminal Experiences 30: Marianna Fotaki: Gender Identity: Does It Still Matter in Organizations and Society? 31: Barbara Simpson and Brigid Carroll: Identity Work in Developing Collaborative Leadership SECTION V: IDENTITY TYPES AND KINDS 32: Susan Ainsworth: Age Identity and Organizations: Critical Potential and Challenges 33: Graeme Currie and Katey Logan: Hybrid Professional Identities: Responding to Institutional Challenges 34: Nick Rumens: Organization Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Identities 35: Glen E. Kreiner and Christine A. Mihelcic: Stigmatized Identities in Organizations 36: Yiannis Gabriel: Anchored in the Past: Nostalgic Identities in Organizations 37: Alexei Koveshnikov, Janne Tienari, and Eero Vaara: National Identity In and Around Multinational Corporations 38: Mathew L. Sheep: Paradoxes in the Pursuit of Positive Identities: Individuals in Organizations Becoming Their Best 39: Mairi Maclean and Charles Harvey: Crafting Philanthropic Identities 40: Mrinalini Greedharry, Pasi Ahonen, and Janne Tienari: Race and Identity in Organizations 41: Iva Josefsson: Creating Creative Identities in Organizations 42: Mehdi Boussebaa: Identity Regulation and Globalisation SECTION VI: IDENTITIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES 43: Alison Hirst and Michael Humphreys: Finding Ourselves in Space: Identity and Spatiality 44: Thibaut Bardon and Stephan Peze: Identity and Power in Organizational Theory 45: Jaco Lok: Theorizing the 'I' in Institutional Theory: Moving Forward Through Theoretical Fragmentation, not Integration 46: Jackie Ford: Leadership and Identities: Towards More Critical Relational Approaches 47: Emmanuelle Fauchart and Marc Gruber: Entrepreneurship and Identity 48: Ann Langley, David Oliver and Linda Rouleau: Strategy and Identities in Organizations SECTION VII: LOOKING FORWARD: THE FUTURE OF IDENTITIES IN ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH 49: Caroline Clarke and David Knights: The Killing Fields of Identity Politics 50: Blake E. Ashforth, Jordana R. Moser, and Philipp Bubenzer: Identities and Identification: Beyond our Fixation on the Organization 51: Christine Coupland and Simona Spedale: Agile Identities: Fragile Humans? 52: Karen Lee Ashcraft: Senses of Self: Affect as a Pre-Individual Approach to Identity at Work 53: Sumati Ahuja, Natalia Nikolova, and Stewart Clegg: Identities, Digital Nomads, and Liquid Modernity 54: Michael G. Pratt: Identity Saves the World? Musings on Where Identity Research Has Been and Where It Might Go 55: Andrew D. Brown: Identities in Organizations: Some Concluding Thoughts