Constructing identity: the role of disability networks in identity regulation and identity work
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2025-07-30
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The aim of this thesis has been to further our understanding of how disability networks shape identity construction through the interplay of identity regulation and identity work. Disability networks are in-company networks designed to support and connect employees who share experiences related to disability. My analysis demonstrates how identity regulation is exercised both top-down by organizational actors and through discursive practices, role modelling, internal communication and thematic framing. Identity work fosters through emotional recognition, storytelling, peer interaction and collective reflection. Subgroups offer targeted support but risk fragmentation of the collective mission of inclusion. I contribute to diversity and identity literature by showing how a disability network functions as a space of identity construction.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen