Social Identity at Work: Developing Theory for Organizational Practice

by Haslam,S. Alexander

• ISBN13: 9781841690353
• ISBN10: 184169035X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-31
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Social identity research is very much on the ascendancy, particularly in the field of organizational psychology. Reflecting this fact, this volume contains chapters from researchers at the cutting edge of these developments and presents findings from a range of key international research programs. The result is a text that will be essential reading for students and researchers in social and organizational psychology, as well as many others who are interested in social identity and group behavior at work.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	xi
List of Contributors	xiii
Preface and Acknowledgments	xv
Part I: Introduction
Social Identity at Work: Developments, Debates, Directions	3	(26)
N. Ellemers
S. A. Haslam
M. J. Platow
D. van Knippenberg
Part II: Motivation and Performance
Social Identity and Group Performance: Identification as the Key to Group-Oriented Effort	29	(14)
D. van Knippenberg
N. Ellemers
Group Goal Setting, Social Identity, and Self-Categorization: Engaging the Collective Self to Enhance Group Performance and Organizational Outcomes	43	(18)
J. Wegge
S. A. Haslam
Realizing the Diversity Dividend: Exploring the Subtle Interplay between Identity, Ideology, and Reality	61	(20)
D. van Knippenberg
S. A. Haslam
Part III: Communication and Decision Making
A Social Identity Approach to Communication in Organizations	81	(18)
T. Postmes
Social Processes in Electronic Teamwork: The Central Issue of Identity	99	(18)
M. Lea
R. Spears
P. Rogers
Identity Metamorphosis and Groupthink Prevention: Examining Intel's Departure from the DRAM Industry	117	(22)
M. E. Turner
A. R. Pratkanis
T. Samuels
Part IV: Leadership and Authority
Social Identity Analysis of Leader-Member Relations: Reconciling Self-Categorization and Leader-Member Exchange Theories of Leadership	139	(16)
M. A. Hogg
R. Martin
Interpersonal Treatment, Social Identity, and Organizational Behavior	155	(18)
H. J. Smith
T. R. Tyler
Y. J. Huo
On the Social Psychology of Power and Powerlessness: Social Power as a Symptom of Organizational Division	173	(18)
K. J. Reynolds
M. J. Platow
Part V: Change and Change Management
Identity, Culture, and Change in Organizations: A Social Identity Analysis and Three Illustrative Cases	191	(14)
N. Ellemers
Organizational Identification Following a Merger: The Importance of Agreeing to Differ	205	(18)
E. van Leeuwen
D. van Knippenberg
A Social Identity Perspective on Organizational Mergers: The Role of Group Status, Permeability, and Similarity	223	(18)
D. J. Terry
Working with Identities: The ASPIRe Model of Organizational Planning, Negotiation, and Development	241	(20)
R. A. Eggins
K. J. Reynolds
S. A. Haslam
Part VI: Perceiving and Responding to Inequity
The Importance of Social Identity and Self-Categorization Processes for Creating and Responding to Fairness	261	(16)
M. J. Platow
M. Wenzel
M. Nolan
Perceiving and Responding to Gender Discrimination in Organizations	277	(16)
M. T. Schmitt
N. Ellemers
N. R. Branscombe
Why Consumers Rebel: Social Identity and the Etiology of Adverse Reactions to Service Failure	293	(18)
S. A. Haslam
N. R. Branscombe
S. Bachmann
References	311	(46)
Author Index	357	(14)
Subject Index	371