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DESCRIPTION:Erin Reid\n\nMcMaster University\n\nSubordinating Humanism: How
  Colliding Beliefs about a Living Wage Shape Personal Fulfillment and “Pro
 fessional-Class” Identities in Working-Class Jobs\n\nAuthors: Lumumba Seeg
 ars\, Serenity Lee\, Erin Reid & Lakshmi Ramarajan\n\nDate: Friday\, Janua
 ry 23\, 2026\n	Time:10:30 AM -12:00 PM\n	Location: Bronfman 245\n\nAll are c
 ordially invited to attend.\n\n\nAbstract:\n\nIn a society dominated by ma
 rket-based ideology and management practices that prioritize financial con
 siderations\, some organizations are shifting toward humanistic ideology a
 nd practices that emphasize human welfare. To examine this transformation 
 in pay-setting\, we studied a U.S. company that introduced a living wage f
 or its low-wage workers. Interviews with 64 participants across two sites 
 revealed both intended and unintended effects. Motivated by humanistic aim
 s\, the living wage was designed to reduce financial insecurity\; indeed\,
  workers felt more financially secure and fulfilled in their personal live
 s. However\, its humanistic intent conflicted with the dominant market-bas
 ed ideology linking wages to performance\, raising concerns about whether 
 these workers deserved higher pay. To resolve this tension\, managers and 
 workers altered expectations for workers to reflect two aspects of profess
 ional-class roles: autonomy and overwork. As workers internalized these ex
 pectations\, they adopted elements of professional-class identities while 
 remaining in working-class jobs. Simultaneously\, managers reaffirmed thei
 r own role identities as shapers of performance despite their weakened con
 trol over wages. These findings inform a multilevel model conceptualizing 
 how a transformative humanistic practice can be subordinated to market-bas
 ed ideology through identity work. We contribute to research on humanistic
  management and the interconnections between wage\, class\, work roles\, a
 nd identity.\n
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LOCATION:Room 245\, Bronfman Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1G5\, 1001
  rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Organizational Behavior Area Research Seminar Series: Erin Reid
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/organizational-behavior-a
 rea-research-seminar-series-erin-reid-370323
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