Organizational Identity: A Reader

by Mary Jo Hatch, Majken Schultz

Overview

Organizational Identity presents the classic works on organizational identity alongside more current thinking on the issues. Ranging from theoretical contributions to empirical studies, the readings in this volume address the key issues of organizational identity, and show how these issues have developed through contributions from such diverse fields of study as sociology, psychology, management studies and cultural studies. The readings examine questions such as how organizations understand who they are, why organizations develop a sense of identity and belonging where the boundaries of identity lie and the implications of postmodern and critical theories' challenges to the concept of identity as deeply-rooted and authentic. Includes work by: Stuart Albert, Mats Alvesson, Blake E. Ashforth, Marilynn B. Brewer, George Cheney, Lars Thoger Christensen, C.H. Cooley, Kevin G. Corley, Barbara Czarniawska, Janet M. Dukerich, Jane E. Dutton, Kimberly D. Elsbach, Wendi Gardner, Linda E. Ginzela, Dennis A. Gioia, E. Goffman, Karen Golden-Biddle, Mary Jo Hatch, Roderick M. Kramer, Fred Rael, G.H. Mead, Michael G. Pratt, Anat Rafaeli, Hayagreeva Rao, Majken Schultz, Howard S. Schwartz, Robert I. Sutton, Henri Taijfel, John Turner, David A. Wherren, and Hugh Willmott. Intended to provide easy access to this material for students of organizational identity, it will also be of interest more broadly to students of business, sociology and psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199269464
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/20/2004
Series:	Oxford Management Readers
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Mary Jo Hatch (PhD Stanford 1985) is Professor of Commerce at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia (USA). Related to her work on organizational identity, she has published numerous articles on organizational culture, organizational symbolism, and organizational identity and image in academic journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, the Journal of Management Inquiry and the European Journal of Marketing. Other publications include the textbook 'Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives' (OUP 1997) and 'The Expressive Organization: Linking Identity, Reputation and the Corporate Brand' (OUP 2000, co -edited with Majken Schultz and Mogens Holten Larsen). Majken Schultz (PhD Copenhagen Business School 1986) is Professor of Management at the Copenhagen Business School at the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management. She is currently leading the research-based Corporate Brand Initiative in collaboration with Mary Jo Hatch. She has published numerous articles on organizational culture, corporate reputations and organizational identity, and image interrelations in academic journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Organization Studies, the Journal of Management Inquiry, Corporate Reputation Review and the European Journal of Marketing. Other publications include 'The Expressive Organization: Linking Identity, Reputation and the Corporate Brand' (OUP 2000, co -edited with Mary Jo Hatch and Mogens Holten Larsen).

Table of Contents

Introduction, Mary Jo Hatch and Majken SchultzSection I: The Roots of Organizational Identity in Sociology and Social Psychology1. Society and the Individual, C. H. Cooley2. The Self, G. H. Mead3. The Arts of Impression Management, E. Goffman4. An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict, Henri Taijfel and John Turner5. Who is this 'We'? Levels of Colletive Identity and Self Representations, Marilynn B. Brewer and Wendi GardnerSection II: Early Development of Organizational Identity Theory6. Organizational Identity, Stuart Albert and David A. Whetten7. Amto-Social Actions of Committed Organizational Participants: An Existential Psychoanalytic Perspective, Howard S. Schwartz8. Social Identity Theory and the Organization, Blake E. Ashforth and Fred Mael9. Organization: From Substance to Image?, Mats Alvesson10. Keeping an Eye on the Mirror: Image and Identity in Organizational Adaptation, Jane E. Dutton and Janet M. Dukerich11. Organizational Impression Management as Reciprocal Influence Process: The Neglected Role of the Organizational Audience, Linda E. Ginzela, Roderick M. Kramer, and Robert I. SuttonSection III: Recent Developments in Organizational Identity TheorySection III.i: Multiple Identities12. Organizational Dress as a Symbol of Multilayered Social Identities, Michael G. Pratt and Anat Rafaeli13. Breaches in the Boardroom: Organizational Identity and Conflicts of Commitment in a Nonprofit Organization, Karen Golden-Biddle and Hayagreeva RaoSection III.ii: Stability and Change in Organizational Identity14. Organizational Identity, Image, and Adaptive Instability, Dennis A. Gioia, Majken Schultz, and Kevin G. Corley15. The Dynamics of Organizational Identity, Mary Jo Hatch and Majken SchultzSection III.iii: Identity as Narrative and Discourse16. Identity Regulation as Organizational Control Producing the Appropriate Individual, Mats Alvesson and Hugh Willmott17. Narratives of Individual and Organizational Identities, Barbara CzarniawskaSection III.iv: Audiences for Identity18. Members' Responses to Organizational Identity Threats: Encountering and Countering the Business Week Rankings, Kimberly D. Elsbach and Roderick M. Kramer19. Organizational Identity: Linkages Between Internal and External Communication, George Cheney and Lars Thøger Christensen