Responding to organizational identity threats: Exploring the role of organizational culture

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ravasi, Davide; Schultz, Majken
• 署名单位: Copenhagen Business School
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 433-458
• 关键词: STRATEGIC CHANGE; image; identification; SENSEMAKING; DYNAMICS

摘要

In this paper, we present a longitudinal study of organizational responses to environmental changes that induce members to question aspects of their organization's identity. Our findings highlight the role of organizational culture as a source of cues supporting sensemaking action carried out by leaders as they reevaluate their conceptualization of their organization, and as a platform for sensegiving actions aimed at affecting internal perceptions. Building on evidence from our research, we develop a theoretical framework for understanding how the interplay of construed images and organizational culture shapes changes in institutional claims and shared understandings about the identity of an organization.