Classifying managerial responses to multiple organizational identities

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Pratt, MG; Foreman, PO
• 署名单位: University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/259261
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 18-42
• 关键词: Social identity; Competitive advantage; identification; self; conflicts; integration; COMMITMENT; RESOURCES; culture; MODEL

摘要

We examine the phenomenon of multiple organizational identities and suggest that they can be managed in organizations by changing the number of (identity plurality) or relationships among (identity synergy) the identities. Using plurality and synergy as response dimensions, we offer a classification scheme identifying four major types of managerial responses: compartmentalization, deletion, integration, and aggregation. We also suggest several key conditions that may affect the use and appropriateness of these identity management responses and develop a series of propositions for research.