{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2979978699","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975219859774","title":"Who Am I? An Ethnographic Study Exploring the Construction of Organizational and Individual Self among Indian IT Employees","display_name":"Who Am I? An Ethnographic Study Exploring the Construction of Organizational and Individual Self among Indian IT Employees","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-10-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2979978699","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975219859774","mag":"2979978699"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/2277975219859774","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975219859774","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975219859774","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764466227","display_name":"IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review","issn_l":"2277-9752","issn":["2277-9752","2321-029X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-c","cwts-core","fnege-4","poland-20","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IIM Kozhikode Society &amp; Management Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047081742","display_name":"Anuratha Venkataraman","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-2902","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-2902"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2799289540","display_name":"Indian Institute of Management Kashipur","ror":"https://ror.org/0039tsz33","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799289540"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"A. Venkataraman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty HRM, OB Area, IIM Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty HRM, OB Area, IIM Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2799289540"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5064074380","display_name":"Chandra Shekhar Joshi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5944-320X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5944-320X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2799289540","display_name":"Indian Institute of Management Kashipur","ror":"https://ror.org/0039tsz33","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799289540"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chandra Shekhar Joshi","raw_affiliation_strings":["EFPM Candidate, IIM Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"EFPM Candidate, IIM Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2799289540"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5047081742"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2799289540"],"apc_list":{"value":3650,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3650},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.8887,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86830386,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":93},"biblio":{"volume":"9","issue":"1","first_page":"72","last_page":"83"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13911","display_name":"Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies","score":0.5351999998092651,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1410","display_name":"Industrial relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13911","display_name":"Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies","score":0.5351999998092651,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1410","display_name":"Industrial relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10344","display_name":"Management and Organizational Studies","score":0.39309999346733093,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10149","display_name":"Anthropological Studies and Insights","score":0.017899999395012856,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/self-construction","display_name":"self-construction","score":0.7350000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/individual-self","display_name":"individual self","score":0.8709999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/indian-it-industry","display_name":"Indian IT industry","score":0.8479999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/job-insecurity","display_name":"job insecurity","score":0.7149999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gig-economy","display_name":"gig economy","score":0.8629999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/liquid-modernity","display_name":"liquid modernity","score":0.7580000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/labor-process","display_name":"labor process","score":0.5519999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/caste-and-class","display_name":"caste and class","score":0.7879999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coping-strategies","display_name":"coping strategies","score":0.7599999904632568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/burnout","display_name":"burnout","score":0.656000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/alienation","display_name":"alienation","score":0.7879999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employment-relations","display_name":"employment relations","score":0.4560000002384186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology-of-work","display_name":"sociology of work","score":0.45500001311302185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/critical-management-studies","display_name":"critical management studies","score":0.6309999823570251}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.6356490254402161},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179454799","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132151","display_name":"Ethnography","level":2,"score":0.5283806324005127},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780801425","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5164392","display_name":"Construct (python library)","level":2,"score":0.5224767923355103},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.4810907542705536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.42738762497901917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.3485431373119354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.34706974029541016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.241656094789505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.21219247579574585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19165224","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23404","display_name":"Anthropology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/2277975219859774","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975219859774","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975219859774","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764466227","display_name":"IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review","issn_l":"2277-9752","issn":["2277-9752","2321-029X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-c","cwts-core","fnege-4","poland-20","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IIM Kozhikode Society &amp; Management Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:sae:iimkoz:v:9:y:2020:i:1:p:72-83","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2277975219859774","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.7257999777793884,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":36,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W585970617","https://openalex.org/W1481046585","https://openalex.org/W1533907804","https://openalex.org/W1574187761","https://openalex.org/W1993210205","https://openalex.org/W1993303517","https://openalex.org/W2001801978","https://openalex.org/W2015989849","https://openalex.org/W2025102575","https://openalex.org/W2057694064","https://openalex.org/W2058306174","https://openalex.org/W2059365024","https://openalex.org/W2062952998","https://openalex.org/W2074208749","https://openalex.org/W2080419438","https://openalex.org/W2092763876","https://openalex.org/W2127589096","https://openalex.org/W2139320931","https://openalex.org/W2140608320","https://openalex.org/W2142159299","https://openalex.org/W2149409234","https://openalex.org/W2157703076","https://openalex.org/W2248644046","https://openalex.org/W2301732173","https://openalex.org/W2315969715","https://openalex.org/W2317574555","https://openalex.org/W2410947910","https://openalex.org/W2479843285","https://openalex.org/W2750176725","https://openalex.org/W4205744750","https://openalex.org/W4231805703","https://openalex.org/W4236131098","https://openalex.org/W4241605390","https://openalex.org/W4242094502","https://openalex.org/W4252023440","https://openalex.org/W4289258729"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3016176119","https://openalex.org/W2187340991","https://openalex.org/W2921612024","https://openalex.org/W2087634402","https://openalex.org/W2104317455","https://openalex.org/W1493054962","https://openalex.org/W7096504434","https://openalex.org/W2539054819","https://openalex.org/W7096754163","https://openalex.org/W1699602655"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,85],"self":[1,86,138,199,294],"is":[2,11,87,116,226],"both":[3],"a":[4,7,124,290],"sociological":[5],"and":[6,26,50,64,109,126,141,166,176,183,193,205,208,228,230,234,264,285],"psychological":[8],"construct.":[9],"It":[10,68,152],"investigated":[12],"in":[13,46,89,143,281],"this":[14,34],"paper":[15],"from":[16,135],"the":[17,51,54,90,94,111,133,137,144,149,157,162,172,191,198,211,216,224,238,243,272,282,300,304,308,313,317],"perspectives":[18],"of":[19,21,56,81,93,148,161,174,215,223,241,248,256,274,303,307],"sociology":[20],"work,":[22],"critical":[23],"management":[24],"studies":[25],"employment":[27],"relations.":[28],"Accordingly,":[29],"drawing":[30],"upon":[31,156,312],"ethnographic":[32],"research,":[33],"article":[35,131],"seeks":[36,153,200],"to":[37,75,107,118,154,201,260,265],"unravel":[38],"how":[39,70],"an":[40,78],"employee":[41],"defines":[42],"herself":[43],"or":[44,83,245],"himself":[45],"two":[47,72],"realms\u2014the":[48],"organizational":[49,283],"personal\u2014respectively":[52],"against":[53,178],"background":[55],"changing":[57,179],"Indian":[58,95,167,180,217],"IT":[59,96,218],"industry":[60,219],"marked":[61],"by":[62],"uncertainty":[63],"rising":[65],"job":[66,262],"insecurity.":[67],"examines":[69],"these":[71],"realms":[73],"converge":[74],"bring":[76],"about":[77],"individual\u2019s":[79],"sense":[80],"\u2018dasein\u2019":[82],"being.":[84],"entwined":[88],"value":[91],"chain":[92],"labour":[97,220],"process":[98],"and,":[99,170],"within":[100],"it,":[101],"soft":[102],"HRM":[103],"discursive":[104],"practices":[105],"seek":[106],"constitute":[108],"mould":[110],"\u2018disciplined":[112],"confessional":[113],"self\u2019":[114],"who":[115],"supposed":[117],"be":[119],"not":[120],"only":[121],"autonomous":[122],"but":[123],"proactive":[125,127],"team":[128],"player.":[129],"This":[130],"identifies":[132],"sources":[134],"which":[136,197],"finds":[139],"definitions":[140],"validation":[142],"liquid":[145],"modern":[146],"context":[147],"\u2018gig":[150],"economy\u2019.":[151],"reflect":[155],"ramifications":[158],"arising":[159],"out":[160,236],"interplay":[163,173],"between":[164],"Western":[165],"managerial":[168],"repertoires":[169],"finally,":[171],"caste":[175],"class":[177],"societal":[181],"norms":[182],"expectations.":[184],"In":[185],"doing":[186],"so,":[187],"it":[188],"looks":[189],"at":[190],"micro":[192],"macro":[194],"means":[195],"through":[196],"obviate":[202],"its":[203],"incoherence":[204],"find":[206],"resonance":[207],"fullness.":[209],"Given":[210],"volatile":[212],"political":[213],"economy":[214],"process,":[221],"much":[222],"work":[225],"repetitive":[227],"fragmented,":[229],"individuals":[231],"feel":[232],"alienated":[233],"burnt":[235],"after":[237],"initial":[239],"excitement":[240],"experiencing":[242],"Sapient":[244],"Cisco":[246],"way":[247],"life.":[249],"They":[250],"adopt":[251],"various":[252],"coping":[253],"mechanisms":[254],"reminiscent":[255],"Burawoy\u2019s":[257],"(1985)":[258],"respondents":[259],"fight":[261],"insecurity":[263],"secure":[266],"their":[267],"peer":[268],"group\u2019s":[269],"acceptance.":[270],"Thus,":[271],"onus":[273],"negotiating":[275],"inherent":[276],"dualities":[277],"for":[278,289],"finding":[279],"meaning":[280],"realm,":[284],"yet":[286],"leaving":[287],"room":[288],"transcendental":[291],"individual":[292,314],"coherent":[293],"whose":[295],"larger":[296],"\u2018internal":[297],"conversation\u2019":[298],"transcends":[299],"existential":[301],"concern":[302],"structured":[305],"antagonism":[306],"wage\u2013employment":[309],"relationship,":[310],"lies":[311],"rather":[315],"than":[316],"organization.":[318]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2019-10-18T00:00:00"}
