Herminia Ibarra
Biographic Data
| ID | 3610708 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Herminia Ibarra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Herminia |
| FAMILY NAME | Ibarra |
| SIGNATURE | IBARRA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | INSEAD |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2734-3041 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Career Transition and Professional Identity: Dynamic Processes, Multiple Selves, and Nonlinear Trajectories
The evolving landscape of contemporary careers is marked by frequent nonlinear transitions and their concomitant identity dynamics. In this review we define career transition as a movement from one institutionally recognized work role sequence into a role that forms part of a different role sequence and that is perceived as career discontinuity by the person making the transition. We review the current state of research on career transition and p…
Betwixt and between identities: Liminal experience in contemporary careers
Taking Gender Into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs
We conceptualize leadership development as identity work and show how subtle forms of gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women leaders. Based on this insight, we revisit traditional approaches to standard leadership topics, such as negotiations and leading change, as well as currently popular developmental tools, such as 360-degree feedback and networking; reinterpret them through the lens of women…
Identity as Narrative: Prevalence, Effectiveness, and Consequences of Narrative Identity Work in Macro Work Role Transitions.
Identity as narrative: Prevalence, effectiveness and consequences of narrative identity work in macro work role transitions Contact
Identity work and play
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of identity play defined as people's engagement in provisional but active trial of possible future selves. Design/methodology/approach Current research and theorizing on the variety of strategies and behaviors used by individuals to tailor, adapt or otherwise change their identities has converged on the notion of identity work to conceptualize these processes. This paper introduces an …
Zooming In and Out: Connecting Individuals and Collectivities at the Frontiers of Organizational Network Research
The role of individual action in the enactment of structures of constraint and opportunity has proved to be particularly elusive for network researchers. We propose three frontiers for future network research that zoom back and forth between individual and collective levels of analysis. First, we consider how dilemmas concerning social capital can be reconciled. Actors striving to reap maximal network advantages may benefit or detract from the co…
Honesty and Trust: Theory and Experience in the Light of Post-Socialist Transformation
4 ( .. ) 6 .. . : ()12 .. . 9 ()39 ., - . ( .. )
Provisional Selves: Experimenting with Image and Identity in Professional Adaptation
This article describes how people adapt to new roles by experimenting with provisional selves that serve as trials for possible but not yet fully elaborated professional identities. Qualitative data collected from professionals in transition to more senior roles reveal that adaptation involves three basic tasks: (1) observing role models to identify potential identities, (2) experimenting with provisional selves, and (3) evaluating experiments ag…
Paving an Alternative Route: Gender Differences in Managerial Networks
This research uses the network-analytic concepts of homophily, tie strength, and range to explore gender differences in characteristics of middle managers' information and career support networks. When the effects of position and potential for future advancement were held constant, women's networks were less homophilous than men's. Women high in advancement potential, however, relied to a greater extent than both high-potential men and less high-…
Network Centrality, Power, and Innovation Involvement: Determinants of Technical and Administrative Roles.
The reported research investigated the relative impacts of individual attributes, formal position, and network centrality on the exercise of individual power, measured as involvement in technical a...
Paving an Alternative Route: Gender Differences in Managerial Networks
This research uses the network-analytic concepts of homophily, tie strength, and range to explore gender differences in characteristics of middle managers' information and career support networks. When the effects of position and potential for future advancement were held constant, women's networks were less homophilous than men's. Women high in advancement potential, however, relied to a greater extent than both high-potential men and less high-…
Network Centrality, Power, and Innovation Involvement: Determinants of Technical and Administrative Roles.
The reported research investigated the relative impacts of individual attributes, formal position, and network centrality on the exercise of individual power, measured as involvement in technical a...
Paving an Alternative Route: Gender Differences in Managerial Networks
This research uses the network-analytic concepts of homophily, tie strength, and range to explore gender differences in characteristics of middle managers' information and career support networks. When the effects of position and potential for future advancement were held constant, women's networks were less homophilous than men's. Women high in advancement potential, however, relied to a greater extent than both high-potential men and less high-…
Provisional Selves: Experimenting with Image and Identity in Professional Adaptation
This article describes how people adapt to new roles by experimenting with provisional selves that serve as trials for possible but not yet fully elaborated professional identities. Qualitative data collected from professionals in transition to more senior roles reveal that adaptation involves three basic tasks: (1) observing role models to identify potential identities, (2) experimenting with provisional selves, and (3) evaluating experiments ag…
Honesty and Trust: Theory and Experience in the Light of Post-Socialist Transformation
4 ( .. ) 6 .. . : ()12 .. . 9 ()39 ., - . ( .. )
Zooming In and Out: Connecting Individuals and Collectivities at the Frontiers of Organizational Network Research
The role of individual action in the enactment of structures of constraint and opportunity has proved to be particularly elusive for network researchers. We propose three frontiers for future network research that zoom back and forth between individual and collective levels of analysis. First, we consider how dilemmas concerning social capital can be reconciled. Actors striving to reap maximal network advantages may benefit or detract from the co…
Identity as Narrative: Prevalence, Effectiveness, and Consequences of Narrative Identity Work in Macro Work Role Transitions.
Identity as narrative: Prevalence, effectiveness and consequences of narrative identity work in macro work role transitions Contact
Identity work and play
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of identity play defined as people's engagement in provisional but active trial of possible future selves. Design/methodology/approach Current research and theorizing on the variety of strategies and behaviors used by individuals to tailor, adapt or otherwise change their identities has converged on the notion of identity work to conceptualize these processes. This paper introduces an …
Taking Gender Into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs
We conceptualize leadership development as identity work and show how subtle forms of gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women leaders. Based on this insight, we revisit traditional approaches to standard leadership topics, such as negotiations and leading change, as well as currently popular developmental tools, such as 360-degree feedback and networking; reinterpret them through the lens of women…
Betwixt and between identities: Liminal experience in contemporary careers
Career Transition and Professional Identity: Dynamic Processes, Multiple Selves, and Nonlinear Trajectories
The evolving landscape of contemporary careers is marked by frequent nonlinear transitions and their concomitant identity dynamics. In this review we define career transition as a movement from one institutionally recognized work role sequence into a role that forms part of a different role sequence and that is perceived as career discontinuity by the person making the transition. We review the current state of research on career transition and p…
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (5 works) · Identity (music) (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Public relations (3 works)