Professional Identity and Career Development: A Descriptive Analysis of the Church of England
Keywords:
higher education professional identity, organizational citizen behavior, church of england, organizational-professional conflict, developmental perspectives, collaborative partnershipsAbstract
Academic Programme Directors can be identified within non-traditional Higher Educational (HE) contexts such as the case study of the Church of England. The purpose of this paper is to explore the professional identity and career progression of such Academic Programme Directors. A descriptive analysis was conducted of all the Curacy/Academic Programme Directors in the Church of England. This was done to evaluate whether HE organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) as a means of professional identity existed and whether this influenced HE career development. The data from this case study revealed that a HE professional identity is not a priority due to the priestly identity and career development taking precedence. The case study of a non-traditional HE context is an example of competing identities. Conflicting and competing identities within HE may lead to a low OCB which may lead to high turnover intentions.
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