The bored self in knowledge work
基于两家管理咨询公司的质性数据，分析知识工作者无聊体验与身份调节的互动，揭示未满足的抱负和停滞感如何导致身份停滞，批判了知识工作的光鲜形象。
This article draws attention to reported experiences of boredom in knowledge work. Drawing on extensive qualitative data gathered at two management consultancy firms, we analyze these experiences as a particular interaction with identity regulation and work experiences. We conceptualize the reports of the bored self as a combination of unfilled aspirations and the sense of stagnation, leading to an arrested identity. Our contribution is to expand extant conceptualizations of employee interactions with identity regulation, in particular relating to identity work and identification. The findings provide a critical rendering of the glamourized image of knowledge work.