Professional identity, perceived job performance and sense of personal accomplishment among social workers in Israel: The overriding significance of the working alliance

Abstract

Professional identity is one of numerous kinds of identities people can possess throughout their lives, including personal, family, community and workplace identities (Wiles, 2013). Created in the space between individual beliefs and motives, and job-related attributes and experiences, professional identities are considered an important mechanism that affects professionals' attitudes, feelings and behaviours when performing their job (Caza & Creary, 2016). In social work, professional identity is described as an essential component of professional development (Levy, Shlomo, & Itzhaky, 2014). Professional identity may change and evolve during a professional's career, as a result of the broadening exposure to professional knowledge, educational as well as on-the-job socialisation, and the continuous encounter with other professionals and insights derived from dealing with professional dilemmas (Freund, Cohen, Blit-Cohen, & Dehan, 2017). | Defining professional identityDespite, or perhaps as a consequence, of the diverse scope of influences attributed to professional identity and its dynamic nature, the

Professional identity and emotional labour affect the relationship between perceived organisational justice and job performance among Chinese hospital nurses

“…The results of this study showed that professional identity is significantly positively correlated with job performance, which is consistent with previous studies (Levin et al, 2020). Research has shown that nurses with higher professional identity are more likely to demonstrate organisational citizenship behaviour in return (Zhang et al, 2015).…”

“…No literature was found to report the relationship among nurses' organisational justice, professional identity, emotional labour and job performance. There was some research (Baka, 2018; Levin et al, 2020; Ren et al, 2021) that examined the relationships between perceived organisational justice and job performance, professional identity and job performance and perceived organisational justice and professional identity. The results of this study are consistent with these previous studies.…”

“…Konovsky and Cropanzano (1991) found a positive correlation between individual reward and input through empirical research: when the reward is insufficient, individuals will decrease job performance to reduce input; on the contrary, when individuals are paid more, they will increase input by improving performance to achieve justice. Moreover, professional identity also has a significant effect on the job performance of nurses (Levin et al, 2020). Professional identity is a comprehensive psychological process of cognition, emotion and behavioural tendency, reflecting individuals' recognition of their professional value and significance (ten Hoeve et al, 2014; Wu et al, 2020).…”

“…Konovsky and Cropanzano (1991) found a positive correlation between individual reward and input through empirical research: when the reward is insufficient, individuals will decrease job performance to reduce input; on the contrary, when individuals are paid more, they will increase input by improving performance to achieve justice. Moreover, professional identity also has a significant effect on the job performance of nurses (Levin et al, 2020).…”

Towards a strong professional identity within higher education

“…Together, these subtasks involve a process of building practical knowledge, acquiring skills and adopting a professional attitude. With this, the students then have appropriate knowledge about the professional theories as well as legal frameworks used within the profession, and the ability to estimate, determine and, ultimately, apply these standards to their future professional group (Beijaard, Meijer, & Verloop, 2004;Biesta, 2009;Levin, Roziner, & Savaya, 2020;Rodrigues & Mogarro, 2019;Trede et al, 2012). This third developmental task goes hand in hand with the fourth developmental task (identity change and forming a PI) and begins at the start of the student's study program.…”