PATHWAYS FOR POSITIVE IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION AT WORK: FOUR TYPES OF POSITIVE IDENTITY AND THE BUILDING OF SOCIAL RESOURCES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dutton, Jane E.; Roberts, Laura Morgan; Bednar, Jeffrey
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2010.48463334
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 265-293
• 关键词: MORAL IDENTITY; self-esteem; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY; DIRTY WORK; COLLECTIVE IDENTITY; MULTIPLE IDENTITIES; DYNAMICS; identification; stress; FAMILY

摘要

In this paper we organize research on work-related identities into a four-perspective typology that captures different ways identities can be positive. Each perspective on positive identity virtue, evaluative, developmental, and structural highlights a different source of positivity and opens new avenues for theorizing about identity construction. We use these four perspectives to develop propositions about how different forms of positive work-related identity construction can strengthen employees through building social resources.