Work-Related Identity of Clinical Research Sector Employees in Poland Against Professional Transformation of the Industry
Work-Related Identity of Clinical Research Sector Employees in Poland Against Professional Transformation of the Industry

Summary/Abstract: Purpose: Established professions and knowledge workers identify more with their professionalgroups than with their organisations. The purpose of the study was to fnd what kind of work-relatedidentities are shown by clinical research sector employees in Poland, what is the intensity of thoseidentities and which one is dominant. Methodology: The study started with qualitative interviews dedicated to professional changes andto work-related identity. The latter was selected for the main quantitative part of the study and itsfve types were defned related to the trained profession, the practised profession, organizational, relational and task-related work identities. Intensity of these pre-defned identities was tested witha use of a questionnaire completed by 147 representatives of the sector under study. Statisticalanalysis of the collected data verifed the research hypotheses that assumed a certain gradation ofthese work-related identities.Results: Professional identity related to the practised occupation was placed on the highest level followed by task-related identity. Relational and organisational identities were classifed on thethird and fourth levels. Identity related to the trained occupation achieved the lowest score. The employing organization type had no effect on the manifested professional identity. Originality value: As a developing new occupation, the study group itself was an interesting population for studying work-related identity. Combining the qualitative and quantitative methodsenabled evaluation of the results against the professional changes shaping the sector, which canhave an impact on building the work-related identity of its employees.

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