ABSTRACT WHO AM I AT WORK?: EXAMINING IDENTITY MANAGEMENT MOTIVES IN THE WORKPLACE By Christine M. Y. Kermond Employees with an invisible stigmatized identity, such as a minority sexual orientation, religion, or psychological disorder, engage in a balancing act between expressing who they are with hiding negative aspects of themselves from others. Two key goals are posited to underlie identity management behaviors, a motivation to self-verify and a motivation to self-enhance (Swann, 1987). However, the specific role of each motive in identity management behaviors is largely not well understood. The current study attempts to clarify the mediating role of both self-verification and self-enhancement motives in the relationship between identity centrality and identity management behaviors in a sample of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) employees. Results indicate that both self-verification and self-enhancement motives mediate the relationship between LGB