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Identity Theft Verification Passport
No full textTitle from PDF p. [1] (viewed on Jan. 4, 2008).; "Marc Dann, Attorney General, State of Ohio."; "Created: 1/24/2005 ...; Modified: 1/1/2007 ..."--Document properties screen.; Harvested from the web on 1/4/0
Ethnic identity, political identity and ethnic conflict: simulating the effect of congruence between the two identities on ethnic violence and conflict
No full textThis thesis outlines and presents an alternative hypothetical process to the emergence of ethnic conflict. Ethnic conflicts, rather than being dependent upon pre-existing 'ancient hatreds', are instead the result of a congruence between ethnic and political identity which grants individuals the ability to use ethnicity to identify and eliminate political threats. This hypothesis is formed by the examination of three case studies of ethnic conflict: Lebanon, Northern Ireland and Croatia. This hypothesis is then formalised and tested using an agent based simulation in which agent interactions are dependent upon ethnic and political identity and the congruence between the two. As predicted there was a strong positive correlation between how accurately ethnic identity reflected political identity and the level of ethnically motivated violence in the simulation, although the relationship was not linear. Furthermore the effect of a shift in congruence was found to be roughly comparable to the effect of initialising agents with a moderate level of pre-existing ethnic antagonism
Maternal and professional identity change during the transition to motherhood
No full textBecoming a mother derails many women’s chances for career progression. One reason for this is that women leave organisations when they become mothers, or reduce their working hours. Another reason is that people within the organisation start to view them as less career-orientated as a result of being mothers. At the core of this issue is that who a woman is – her identity – is being redefined in the transition to motherhood, by herself and by those around her. But, little is known about how her professional identity develops during the transition to motherhood, or whether its development is related to her growing maternal identity. This paper, therefore, presents a systematic review of the literature concerning changes in maternal and professional identities, as well as the relationship between them. Based on the evidence, this review concludes that although the development of maternal identity has been well documented in the literature, little is known about how a woman’s professional identity develops, as she becomes a mother. Suggestions for further research and practice are discussed
Learning to be: identity construction in online communities
No full textWhen an individual enters a new field of practice, an integral part of that process is the development of an identity that situates the individual as a legitimate participant in that practice. This study combines elements of identity theory with theories of distributed cognition to examine the possibility that the identity construction process can be distributed across multiple contexts and platforms. To approach this question, the author interviewed members of two online forums in order to reach an understanding of the extent to which their participation in the online communities impacted their overall identity development. The author argues that individuals use participation in online forum communities to access crucial ???identity resources??? that help them develop and maintain identities related to their fields of practice. It was also found that online contexts offered certain affordances to the identity development process which were not available in offline contexts, suggesting that some aspects of identity construction could be more profitably pursued in online communities. Furthermore, the transfer of these identities between online and offline contexts was found to be routine and constant, with users often benefitting in offline spaces from identity construction work performed online.CSU, Chic
Identity Processes in Adulthood: Diverging Domains
No full textPatterns of identity formation were analyzed in a longitudinal framework, from ages 27 to 36 and
then to 42 years of age. Information from all 3 ages was available for 197 participants (100 women,
97 men). A variation of Marcia’s (1966) Identity Status Interview included 5 domains: religious
beliefs, political identity, occupational career, intimate relationships, and lifestyle. Great variability
in identity status assessments was found across the domains at each age level. The domains
representing work and family (occupation, relationships, and lifestyle) were more salient for
middle- aged adults than were ideological domains (religion and politics). Development along the
hypothesized sequence (from diffusion toward achievement) was the most frequent trajectory for all
domains, except for political identity, where regression was predominant. Most notably, at age 42,
one third of the individuals who were foreclosed or achieved in 3 out of 5 identity domains were
diffused in political identity, and one fourth were diffused in religious identity.peerReviewe
“Quodam frater hungarus ordinis minorum de observantia”. Osualdus de Lasko’s Identity as a Preacher and Author of Sermons
No full textOsualdus de Lasko (OFM Obs, ca. 1450–1511) composed two sermon collections, which were published in print at the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries. However, the readers of his books did not know the name of the author, who was only introduced as “quodam frater hungarus ordinis minorum de observantia”. This paper considers this option for anonymity as a premise for further investigating Osualdus’ identity as an author of sermons and as a preacher, intending to answer questions such as: How is Osualdus presenting or representing himself as an author/preacher? For what reasons and purpose did he compile these sermon collections? How were his homiletic works related to real preaching? Which was his ideal of a preacher? How relevant are the Franciscan affiliation and Hungarian origins for his identity? Grounded on the idea that the author is embedded in his text, this essay explores the prologues of Osualdus’ works and three of his sermons that discuss precisely about preaching’s agents, role, and beneficiaries. The analysis emphasizes that Osvalus’ vision of the ideal preacher and self-representation as author of sermons is shaped by Franciscan concepts of humility, renunciation and imitatio Christi.
Anonymity is also presented as a possible sign of humbleness, in the spirit of Franciscan values. Similarly, his understanding of the goal of spreading the Word of God follows the mission of the Friars Minor in general, and their actions in Hungary in particular: fighting heterodox beliefs, converting heretics and schismatic, defending and strengthening faith at the margins of Christendom. Osualdus’ concern for the catechization of simple people might have also been a consequence of the local experience of Franciscans and their contact with the peasantry in their rural convents. The paper concludes that in Osualdus’ case anonymity is not intended to hide or disguise his identity, which is clearly defined around the two elements used as a signature: the Hungarian origins and the Franciscan affiliation. His authority as a preacher and author of sermons resided in his special commission as a member of the Order of Friars Minor and his messages were mainly intended for the local public and for the safeguard of his homeland. The name of the author/preacher was most probably known to his primary audience. Only for the distant readers of his texts the author became anonymous, but they were made aware of the essential components of its identity, representative for the content as well
The Effect of Career Consciousness and Identity on Educational Training
No full textThe purpose of this study was to examine the effect of career consciousness and identity on educational training. Ninety-one junior college female students were investigated using a free descriptive questionnaire. Based on the results, the author classified 4 categories of career consciousness : 1) mastery of skill on child care, 2) understanding children, 3) understanding about the work of child care, 4) change of consciousness regarding their future. Furthermore, the relationship between these categories are investigated. In addition, the author describes a process model of career consciousness. Secondly, the author examined the self consciousness. However, the data was too small to make any valid significant analyses. This topic awaits further research.departmental bulletin pape
Identity ambiguity and the promises and practices of hybrid e-HRM project teams
No full textThe role of IS project team identity work in the enactment of day-to-day relationships with their internal clients is under-researched. We address this gap by examining the identity work undertaken by an electronic human resource management (e-HRM) 'hybrid' project team engaged in an enterprise-wide IS implementation for their multi-national organisation. Utilising social identity theory, we identify three distinctive, interrelated dimensions of project team identity work (project team management, team 'value propositions' (promises) and the team's 'knowledge practice'). We reveal how dissonance between two perspectives of e-HRM project identity work (clients' expected norms of project team's service and project team's expected norms of themselves) results in identity ambiguity. Our research contributions are to identity studies in the IS project management, HR and hybrid literatures and to managerial practice by challenging the assumption that hybrid experts are the panacea for problems associated with IS projects
Identity Development in Adulthood : Introduction
No full textIn line with Erikson’s suggestions, increasing empirical evidence substantiates
that considerable identity development takes place over the course of adulthood.
What then does identity development during adulthood entail? The key
findings of adult identity formation from four culturally different countries, and
the challenges of analyzing the complex concept of identity are discussed.
Although a wide array of identity measures are available, they have not been
sufficiently validated for use with middle-aged or older adults. Additionally,
different measures may yield results that are not comparable across studies.
More studies are needed on adult identity development in populations representing
different ethnicities and living in different cultural environments.peerReviewe
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