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Unite the North : Exploring the Identities of an Inter-Organizational Collaboration
Besseling, Renzo (2024) Unite the North : Exploring the Identities of an Inter-Organizational Collaboration.
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| Abstract: | The digital transformation poses a challenge for professionals and organizations to keep up with emergent technologies. Therefore, it is important that continuous learning and innovation take place, as this can provide the professionals and organizations with the relevant knowledge, skills, and attitude to understand, use and develop these emerging technologies. Boundary crossing proves to be essential in dealing with the challenges of the digital transformation and stimulating continuous learning and innovation. In response, the Dutch Top Sectors called for learning communities, or inter-organizational collaborations (IOC), as the solution to stimulate continuous learning and innovation through boundary crossing. These IOCs provide the ideal environment for boundary crossing, this does not ensure that boundary crossing will occur. Identity heavily influences the occurrence of boundary crossing and the success of IOCs. Based on theory, there are three identity levels within an IOC: the professional, organizational and the collective identity of the IOC. Unfortunately, research is lacking on identities in large IOCs, which is why this explorative case study aims to explore the identities of a large IOC through sixteen semi-structured interviews with 17 participants. The findings are presented by using a composite narrative approach. The study showed that there is an overlap between the professional and organizational identities in the IOC, yet there is a lack of overlap between the organizational and collective identity. Furthermore, it showed that there is another collective identity present in the IOC at the sector level. Finally, the participants shared the same view on the collective identity of the IOC. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 70 social sciences in general, 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | Educational Science and Technology MSc (60023) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/99781 |
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