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  • Career Development

Background:

  • Identity construction is vital for professional career development.
  • Psychological mechanisms and barriers in identity construction are poorly understood.
  • Understanding these factors can address inequality in career outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore academic identity construction among doctoral students.
  • To investigate the psychological mechanisms and barriers influencing this process.
  • To apply the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC) framework.

Main Methods:

  • Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews.
  • Study involved 22 doctoral (Ph.D.) candidates.
  • Utilized a social identity lens and the SIMIC model.

Main Results:

  • Identity construction depends on perceiving a navigable pathway between current and future selves.
  • Access to multiple identity resources facilitated pathway perception.
  • Perceived incompatibility with leading professional identities (e.g., supervisors) hindered pathway perception.

Conclusions:

  • Accessible identities significantly influence professional identity construction.
  • The nature of accessible identities impacts career success.
  • SIMIC provides a useful framework for understanding career identity development.