Personal Agency in the Accumulation of Multiple Role-Identities

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Consequential Strangers and Peripheral Ties: The Importance of Unimportant Relationships (2009, background): “, father, lover, or caregiver to parent) and in weak ties (e.g., worker, hobbyist, or churchgoer; Thoits, 2003).”
Leveraging customers’ multiple identities: identity synergy as a driver of organizational identification (2012, background): “2007), bolstering self-esteem (Sieber 1974), or reducing social isolation and thus improving individuals’ psychological health through the accumulation of multiple identities that give purpose and roles in society (Thoits 2003).”
Professional identity development theory and doctoral education (2008, background): “Alternatively, theory and prior research about the positive effects of multiple identities in the work and family realm show how doctoral education can enable future faculty members to manage their several professional role identities successfully and productively (Colbeck, 2007; Marks, 1977; Thoits”
Verification Across Multiple Identities: The Role of Status (2004, background): “Multiple identities may benefit the self because more complex selves serve as a buffer against situational stress (Linville 1987), provide meaning and guide behavior (Thoits 1983, 1986), and are both the cause and the consequence of positive self-esteem and mastery (Thoits 2003).”