Abstracts
Résumé
L’article propose une contribution originale à l’étude des dynamiques identitaires en contexte professionnel en centrant l’analyse sur les doutes sur soi. Les auteurs font un tour d’horizon sur le travail identitaire et démontrent la nécessité de développer une approche plus constructive du doute sur soi. Ils soulignent également que les liens avec les trajectoires professionnelles des salariés dans leurs dimensions éthiques ne sont pas suffisamment traités. La recherche tente de combler ces lacunes en s’appuyant sur l’approche dialectique idem et ipse du travail identitaire de Ricoeur.
Les données recueillies auprès de salariés du secteur social français permettent de révéler le cas de figure du « douteur sur soi » émis par les salariés dans leurs rapports solitaires au travail, sans que ce processus soit lié à une injonction d’autrui. Ce cas de figure se distingue de celui des « lutteurs pour soi », qui refusent les doutes de leur employeur ou de leurs collègues sur leurs capacités et leur position éthique.
En s’intéressant aux tensions vécues par ces travailleurs, l’article met en lumière les origines plurielles du doute sur soi, qui peut émerger tant d’un rapport introspectif que d’interactions sociales. Il révèle également les liens entre les processus de construction de soi et les trajectoires professionnelles, qu’elles soient marquées par la mobilité ou la stabilité professionnelle. Ce faisant, il réhabilite le rôle constructif du doute sur soi comme moteur du travail identitaire et témoigne de la manière dont ce processus se déploie dans la sphère intime de l’expérience professionnelle.
Au final, un modèle cyclique du travail identitaire est proposé associant les doutes et les affirmations sur soi qui se développent en lien avec le projet de vie professionnelle du salarié en trois phases : distanciation, renouvellement et renforcement.
Mots-clés :
- Travail identitaire,
- doute sur soi,
- Ricoeur,
- mobilité professionnelle,
- carrière
Abstract
The article makes a significant contribution to the study of identity dynamics in the professional context by focusing on self-doubt as a central theme in the analysis. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of the work on identity and demonstrate the importance of developing a more constructive approach to self-doubt. They also emphasize that the links with the ethical dimensions of employees' professional trajectories are not adequately addressed. The research aims to address these gaps by employing Ricoeur's idem et ipse approach to the study of identity. The data collected from employees in the French social sector provides insights into the phenomenon of self-doubt, as expressed by employees in their individual work reports, without the influence of external directives. This scenario is distinct from that of the “struggler”, who decline to address their employer's or colleagues' concerns regarding their capabilities and ethics.
The article examines the tensions experienced by these workers, highlighting the multifaceted origins of self-doubt, which can arise from both introspective reflection and social interactions. He also reveals the links between identical development and professional trajectories, including those that are characterised by mobility or stability in one's career. In doing so, he rehabilitates the constructive role of self-doubt as a catalyst for personal identity development, illustrating the process's implementation in the intimate domain of professional experience. In conclusion, a cyclical model of the process of identity formation is proposed, integrating the self-doubt and self-affirmations that emerge in relation to the employee's professional life project, which is divided into three phases: distancing, renewal and reinforcement.
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