Professional credibility under attack: Responses to negative social evaluations in newly contested professions

• Published in: Human relations (New York) Vol. 76; no. 5; pp. 746 - 775
• Main Authors: Walsh, Ian J, Pazzaglia, Federica, Lyle, Matthew CB, Sonpar, Karan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2023; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Banking; Credibility; Depersonalization; Morality; Professionals; Professions; Public inquiries; Scandals; professions; banking crisis; boundary work; negative social evaluations

How do professionals attempt to restore their credibility when it has been tarnished by crises or scandals? To address this issue, we examined how banking professionals who testified during a government inquiry into the 2008 banking crisis in Ireland responded when confronted with negative social ev...