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- Article
Social Dimension of Consumer Distinctiveness: The Influence of Social Status on Group Identity and Advertising Persuasion
By: Sonya Grier and Rohit Deshpandé
Grier, Sonya, and Rohit Deshpandé. "Social Dimension of Consumer Distinctiveness: The Influence of Social Status on Group Identity and Advertising Persuasion." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 38, no. 2 (May 2001): 216–224.
- 1 Sep 2007
- Conference Presentation
Professional Identity Development
By: Scott Snook, Barney Forsythe and Phil Lewis
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
got essentially no response at all. Clearly, these employees were unsure of their roles. Since then, Gulati has seen similar uncertainty abound in other "support function" departments, such as legal and information technology. So what's with the widespread... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- December 1996
- Article
Can Computers Be Teammates? Affiliation and Social Identity Effects in Human-computer Interaction
By: C. I. Nass, B. J. Fogg and Y. Moon
Nass, C. I., B. J. Fogg, and Y. Moon. "Can Computers Be Teammates? Affiliation and Social Identity Effects in Human-computer Interaction." International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 45, no. 6 (December 1996): 669–678.
- March 2013
- Module Note
Leading by Leveraging Workers' Occupational Identities
By: Michel Anteby
This note helps instructors teach about the role of occupational identities in driving efforts and action. It ties together several cases and an exercise that can be taught in leadership/organizational behavior/human resources classes. View Details
Anteby, Michel. "Leading by Leveraging Workers' Occupational Identities." Harvard Business School Module Note 413-098, March 2013.
- June 1994
- Article
The Effects of Organizational Demographics and Social Identity on Relationships among Professional Women
By: R. J. Ely
Ely, R. J. "The Effects of Organizational Demographics and Social Identity on Relationships among Professional Women." Administrative Science Quarterly 39, no. 2 (June 1994): 203–238.
- Research Summary
Identity Work, Itinerant Careers, and Management Education
I investigate how and where individuals develop, revise and consolidate identity narratives that afford them some degree of self-esteem, a sense of direction and purpose, and social legitimacy, in the context of careers that feature discontinuities, mobility and... View Details
- 2003
- Book
Identity Issues in Groups
By: M. Neale, E. Mannix and J. Polzer
Neale, M., E. Mannix, and J. Polzer, eds. Identity Issues in Groups. Vol. 5, Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 2003.
- 2009
- Chapter
Identity as a Variable
By: Rawi Abdelal, Yoshiko M. Herrera, Alastair Iain Johnston and Rose McDermott
Abdelal, Rawi, Yoshiko M. Herrera, Alastair Iain Johnston, and Rose McDermott. "Identity as a Variable." In Measuring Identity, edited by Rawi Abdelal, Yoshiko M. Herrera, Alastair Iain Johnston, and Rose McDermott, 17–32. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
Punctuated Identities and the Careers of Professional Women
This paper proposes a punctuated equilibrium model of identity change to explain how professional women's career goals and attitudes can change rapidly and dramatically during mid-career years. Data collected from interviews of 43 women alumni of an elite business... View Details
- 2019
- Flash Talks
Constructing a Counternormative Identity within Your Own Community
- 2012
- Working Paper
What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises
By: Robert Gibbons and Rebecca Henderson
Social networks and social groups have both been seen as important to discouraging malfeasance and supporting the global pro-social norms that underlie social order, but have typically been treated either as pure substitutes or as having completely independent effects.... View Details
Keywords: Social Norms; Social Networks; Triadic Closure; Social Groups; Group Identity; Groups and Teams; Identity; Performance Consistency; Social and Collaborative Networks; Societal Protocols; Social Media
Gibbons, Robert, and Rebecca Henderson. "What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-020, August 2012.
- December 2002
- Article
Identity Salience and the Influence of Differential Activation of the Social Self-Schema on Advertising Response
By: Mark R. Forehand, Rohit Deshpandé and Americus Reed III
Forehand, Mark R., Rohit Deshpandé, and Americus Reed III. "Identity Salience and the Influence of Differential Activation of the Social Self-Schema on Advertising Response." Journal of Applied Psychology 87, no. 6 (December 2002): 1086–1099.
- October 2013
- Article
Shattering the Myth of Separate Worlds: Negotiating Non-Work Identities at Work
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan and Erin M. Reid
How much of our self is defined by our work? Fundamental changes in the social organization of work are destabilizing the relationship between work and the self. As a result, parts of the self traditionally considered outside the domain of work, i.e., "non-work"... View Details
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, and Erin M. Reid. "Shattering the Myth of Separate Worlds: Negotiating Non-Work Identities at Work." Academy of Management Review 38, no. 4 (October 2013): 621–644.
- 2022
- Article
Social Interactivity in Live Video Experiences Reduces Loneliness
By: Benjamin T. Kaveladze, Robert R. Morris, Rosa Victoria Dimitrova-Gammeltoft, Amit Goldenberg, James J. Gross, Judd Antin, Melissa Sandgren and Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt
Background: Loneliness, especially when chronic, can substantially reduce one's quality of life. However, positive social experiences might help to break cycles of loneliness by promoting more prosocial cognitions and behaviors. Internet-mediated live video... View Details
Keywords: Lonelines; Social Connection; Internet-mediated Communication; Experiment; Emotions; Well-being; Interpersonal Communication; Internet
Kaveladze, Benjamin T., Robert R. Morris, Rosa Victoria Dimitrova-Gammeltoft, Amit Goldenberg, James J. Gross, Judd Antin, Melissa Sandgren, and Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt. "Social Interactivity in Live Video Experiences Reduces Loneliness." Frontiers in Digital Health 4:859849 (2022).
- September 2012
- Article
The Unwanted Self: Projective Identification in Leaders' Identity Work
By: Gianpiero Petriglieri and Mark Stein
This paper employs a psychodynamic perspective to examine the development and maintenance of a leader's identity, building on the premise that such identity work involves both conscious and unconscious processes. We focus on the latter by suggesting that those in... View Details
Petriglieri, Gianpiero, and Mark Stein. "The Unwanted Self: Projective Identification in Leaders' Identity Work." Organization Studies 33, no. 9 (September 2012): 1217–1235.
- March 2013
- Article
Breaking Them in or Eliciting Their Best? Reframing Socialization around Newcomers' Authentic Self-expression
By: Daniel M. Cable, Francesca Gino and Brad Staats
Socialization theory has focused on enculturating new employees such that they develop pride in their new organization and internalize its values. Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that the initial stage of socialization leads to more effective employment... View Details
Keywords: Socialization; Authenticity; Self-Expression; Best Self; Outsourcing; Employee Retention; Organizational Culture; Retention; Identity; Customer Satisfaction
Cable, Daniel M., Francesca Gino, and Brad Staats. "Breaking Them in or Eliciting Their Best? Reframing Socialization around Newcomers' Authentic Self-expression." Administrative Science Quarterly 58, no. 1 (March 2013): 1–36.
- October 2011
- Article
Under Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities
I review and reconceptualize identity threat, defining it as an experience appraised as indicating potential harm to the value, meanings, or enactment of an identity. I also develop a theoretical model and propositions that generate insights into how individuals... View Details
Petriglieri, Jennifer L. "Under Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities." Academy of Management Review 36, no. 4 (October 2011).
- 2010
- Book
The American Bourgeoisie: Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century
By: Julia Rosenbaum and Sven Beckert
What precisely constitutes an American bourgeoisie? Scholars have grappled with the question for a long time. Economic positions—the ownership of capital, for instance—most obviously defines this group. Control of resources cannot explain, however, the emergence of... View Details
Rosenbaum, Julia and Sven Beckert, eds. The American Bourgeoisie: Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Article
The Performer's Reactions to Procedural Injustice: When Prosocial Identity Reduces Prosocial Behavior
By: Adam M. Grant, Andrew Molinsky, Joshua D. Margolis, Melissa Kamin and William Schiano
Considerable research has examined how procedural injustice affects victims and witnesses of unfavorable outcomes, with little attention to the “performers” who deliver these outcomes. Drawing on dissonance theory, we hypothesized that performers' reactions to... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Judgments; Fairness; Outcome or Result; Behavior; Identity; Power and Influence
Grant, Adam M., Andrew Molinsky, Joshua D. Margolis, Melissa Kamin, and William Schiano. "The Performer's Reactions to Procedural Injustice: When Prosocial Identity Reduces Prosocial Behavior." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 39, no. 2 (February 2009): 319–349.