Neue Räume – neue Rollen? Ungewissheit im Kontext der Temporären Organisation

This paper in the journal “Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. (GIO)” discusses the impact of uncertainty and new operational space on the role and identity construction of employees. Uncertainty has not only been one of the central challenges in terms of the development of working conditions and organizations since the emergence of the Corona pandemic. Digitization and virtualization, knowledge work and project organization are trends in the world of work that raise questions about how social identity and role behavior develop in temporary organizations under the influence of uncertainty. For this purpose, this article examines the relationship between temporary spatial representation and identity as well as new roles in temporary organizations, with special attention to project structures. It becomes clear due to that the spatial repositioning of the temporary organization and the associated change in the employee roles employography as an approach to identity work based on one’s own employment biography is becoming increasingly important.