TY - JOUR
T1 - Spacing identity
T2 - Unfolding social and spatial-material entanglements of identity performance
AU - Stang Våland, Marianne
AU - Georg, Susse
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - In this paper, we analyze how architectural design, and the spatial and material changes this involves, contributes to the continuous shaping of identities in an organization. Based upon a case study of organizational and architectural change in a municipal administration at a time of major public sector reforms, we examine how design interventions were used to (re)form work and professional relationships. The paper examines how engagements with spatial arrangements and material artifacts affected people’s sense of both occupational and organizational identity. Taking a relational approach to sociomateriality, the paper contributes to the further theorizing of space in organization studies by proposing the concept of spacing identity to capture the fluidity of identity performance.
AB - In this paper, we analyze how architectural design, and the spatial and material changes this involves, contributes to the continuous shaping of identities in an organization. Based upon a case study of organizational and architectural change in a municipal administration at a time of major public sector reforms, we examine how design interventions were used to (re)form work and professional relationships. The paper examines how engagements with spatial arrangements and material artifacts affected people’s sense of both occupational and organizational identity. Taking a relational approach to sociomateriality, the paper contributes to the further theorizing of space in organization studies by proposing the concept of spacing identity to capture the fluidity of identity performance.
U2 - 10.1016/j.scaman.2018.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.scaman.2018.04.002
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0956-5221
VL - 34
SP - 193
EP - 204
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Management
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Management
IS - 2
ER -