Independent workers’ ambivalent identification with their client organizations

Abstract

In today’s changing world of work, an increasing group of individuals are actively taking charge of their careers inside or outside of organizations (Ashford et al., 2018; Parker & Collins, 2010). For these individuals, identity is a key resource that provides a structure to see and interpret the business context and to behave in it (Leary and Tangney, 2012; Markus, 1977). This symposium addresses identity for two specific groups that are currently receiving considerable attention in literature: organizational leaders and gig workers.