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Negotiating Identity through Humility Work

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ID2049697
AuthorsWendy M Laybourn (0000-0002-6217-3674, University of Memphis Memphis TN USA, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume45
Issue2
Pages237-256
Publication date2022-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSymbolic Interaction (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/symb.569
OpenAlexW3198560284
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited46

Research identifies how individuals negotiate undesirable assumptions of group membership through imbuing an identity with new meaning, reframing auxiliary characteristics, or introducing new criteria. When these strategies are limited, how do members retain the identity while navigating the negative inferences? To answer this question, this study examines identification and authentication processes among socialites in VIP bottle service nightlife. I identity a new form of identity talk-humility work-whereby individuals proactively avoid inauthentication of their identity, enact symbolic boundaries against other group members, and avoid the negative inferences of the identity by reframing their participation as an extension of their personal authenticity

Aesthetics · Cognitive reframing · Humility · Identity negotiation · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Emotional Labor in Professions · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology

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