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- 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.
- 2008 - 2008
- Conference Presentation
Organizational Identity as an Anchor for Adaptation: An Emerging Market Perspective
By: Andres Hatum, Luciana Silvestri and Roberto Vassolo
There is little doubt that organizational identity—that which is central, distinctive, and enduring about an organization—mediates in adaptive processes. Exactly how this mediation takes place, and whether it is favorable or unfavorable to adaptation, must still be... View Details
- 1992
- Book
Becoming a Manager: Mastery of a New Identity
By: L. A. Hill
Hill, L. A. Becoming a Manager: Mastery of a New Identity. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1992.
- Article
Relational Reconciliation: Socializing Others Across Demographic Differences
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan and Erin M. Reid
In demographically diverse organizations, employees charged with socializing others—
socialization agents—must navigate a deep tension between the organization’s needs to
integrate individuals into a collective and individuals’ needs for recognition of their
unique... View Details
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, and Erin M. Reid. "Relational Reconciliation: Socializing Others Across Demographic Differences." Academy of Management Journal 63, no. 2 (April 2020): 356–385.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Shopping for Confirmation: How Disconfirming Feedback Shapes Social Networks
By: Paul Green Jr., Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
Many organizations employ interpersonal feedback processes as a structured means of informing and motivating employee improvement. Ample evidence suggests that these feedback processes are largely ineffective, and despite a wealth of prescriptive literature, these... View Details
Keywords: Developmental Feedback; Self-concept; Positive Illusions; Social Network; Threat; Identity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Behavior; Performance; Social Media
Green, Paul, Jr., Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats. "Shopping for Confirmation: How Disconfirming Feedback Shapes Social Networks." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-028, September 2017.
- 1 Aug 2006
- Conference Presentation
Unmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Masculine Identity
By: R. Ely and D. Meyerson
- 2 May 2008 - 3 May 2008
- Keynote Speech
Unmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity
By: R. Ely
- 1 Aug 2007
- Conference Presentation
Unmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Masculine Identity
By: R. Ely and D. E. Meyerson
- 1994
- Article
Doing Diversity: Effectively Managing Identity Group Difference in Organization
By: D. A. Thomas
Thomas, D. A. "Doing Diversity: Effectively Managing Identity Group Difference in Organization." Business Ethics Forum 7 (1994): 23–32.
- Article
When Seeking Help, Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Benefit from Explicitly Stating Their Identity
By: Erika L. Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, Edward H. Chang and Katherine L. Milkman
Receiving help can make or break a career, but women and racial/ethnic minorities do not always receive the support they seek. Across two audit experiments—one with politicians and another with students—as well as an online experiment (total n = 5,145), we test whether... View Details
Keywords: Support; Marginalized Communities; Personal Development and Career; Equality and Inequality; Identity; Race; Gender; Communication Intention and Meaning
Kirgios, Erika L., Aneesh Rai, Edward H. Chang, and Katherine L. Milkman. "When Seeking Help, Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Benefit from Explicitly Stating Their Identity." Nature Human Behaviour 6, no. 3 (March 2022): 383–391.
- April 2005
- Article
Partisan Social Happiness
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
We use a new approach to study questions in political economy that relies on data on the subjective well-being of a large sample of people living in the OECD over the period 1975-1992. Controlling for the personal characteristics of the respondents, year and country... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Partisan Social Happiness." Review of Economic Studies 72, no. 2 (April 2005): 367–93.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Lessons from an App Update at Replika AI: Identity Discontinuity in Human-AI Relationships
By: Julian De Freitas, Noah Castelo, Ahmet Uğuralp and Zeliha Uğuralp
Can consumers form deep emotional bonds with AI and be vested in AI identities over time? We
leverage a natural app-update event at Replika AI, a popular US-based AI companion, to shed
light on these questions. We find that customers feel closer to their AI companion... View Details
De Freitas, Julian, Noah Castelo, Ahmet Uğuralp, and Zeliha Uğuralp. "Lessons from an App Update at Replika AI: Identity Discontinuity in Human-AI Relationships." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-018, October 2024. (Revised December 2024.)
- March – April 2008
- Article
Identity Incentives as an Engaging Form of Control: Revisiting Leniencies in an Aeronautic Plant
By: Michel Anteby
Research has long shown that organizations shape members' identities. However, the possibility that these identities might also be desired and that members might benefit from this process has only recently been explored. In a qualitative study of a French aeronautic... View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Culture; Identity; Motivation and Incentives; Aerospace Industry; France
Anteby, Michel. "Identity Incentives as an Engaging Form of Control: Revisiting Leniencies in an Aeronautic Plant." Organization Science 19, no. 2 (March–April 2008): 202–220.
- 24 May 2008 - 25 May 2008
- Keynote Speech
Unmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity
By: R. Ely
- 2003
- Chapter
The Benefits of Verifying Diverse Identities for Group Performance
By: J. Polzer, W. Swann and L. Milton
Polzer, J., W. Swann, and L. Milton. "The Benefits of Verifying Diverse Identities for Group Performance." In Research on Managing Groups and Teams: Identity Issues in Groups. Vol. 5, edited by M. Neale, E. Mannix, and J. Polzer. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 2003.
- 1 Aug 1992
- Conference Presentation
Researcher Identity As a Source of Ambivalence and Insight
By: R. Ely and E. Yakura
- 1 Jun 2008
- Keynote Speech
Unmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity
By: R. Ely
- Research Summary
Dissertation: Is the Ideal Worker Still Real? Sources and Consequences of Men's Professional Identities
My dissertation examines the implications of men's changing lives for their work identities and for gender inequality in organizations. Current theories of workplace gender inequality hinge upon the widely-shared cultural image of an "ideal worker,"... View Details
- April 2005
- Article
Psychological Dimensions of the Israeli Settlements Issue: Endowments and Identities
By: Susan Hackley, M. Bazerman, Lee Ross and Dan Shapiro
Hackley, Susan, M. Bazerman, Lee Ross, and Dan Shapiro. "Psychological Dimensions of the Israeli Settlements Issue: Endowments and Identities." Negotiation Journal 21, no. 2 (April 2005): 209–220.