Abstracts
Résumé
L’expression de l’identité religieuse au travail a longtemps été une thématique négligée, malgré un regain d’intérêt croissant. Cette recherche répond à l’appel d’une vision plus dynamique de l’objet pour comprendre comment les personnes concilient religiosité et professionnalité dans des contextes plus ou moins contraignants. Nous étudions le cas de travailleurs qui se convertissent à une nouvelle religion au cours de leur carrière. À travers une méthodologie qualitative et longitudinale, nous suivons 22 personnes converties à l’islam travaillant dans des entreprises françaises, à travers trois entretiens sur un an (66 entretiens). Les résultats montrent l’existence de plusieurs formes de job-crafting identitaire, qui conduisent à quatre grandes stratégies de réconciliation entre identité religieuse et identité professionnelle. La recherche établit un lien original entre les transitions identitaires, sur l’identité religieuse et sur le job-crafting.
Mots-clés :
- Transition identitaire,
- identité professionnelle,
- identité religieuse,
- job crafting,
- étude qualitative longitudinale,
- job crafting identitaire
Abstract
The expression of religious identity at work has long been a neglected theme, despite a growing revival of interest. This research responds to the call for a more dynamic vision of the topic, to understand how employees reconcile religiosity and professionality in more or less constraining contexts. We study the case of workers who convert to a new religion during their career. Using a qualitative, longitudinal methodology, we follow 22 converts to Islam working in French companies, through 3 interviews over a year (66 interviews). The results show the existence of several forms of job-crafting based on identity, leading to four main strategies for reconciling religious and professional identities. The research makes an original connection between identity transitions, religious identity and job-crafting.
Keywords:
- Identity transition,
- professional identity,
- religious identity,
- job crafting,
- longitudinal qualitative study,
- identity-based job crafting
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