An Organizational Identity Approach to Strategic Groups

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Anand, Vikas; Joshi, Mahendra; O'Leary-Kelly, Anne M.
• 署名单位: University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville; Grand Valley State University
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0752
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 571-590
• 关键词: STRATEGIC GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION; strategic group identity

摘要

We argue that a firm forms three distinct relationships with strategic groups-identification, disidentification, and ambivalent identification. Firms can form any of these relationships with multiple strategic groups, and the set of these relationships comprises a firm's strategic group configuration (SGC). We propose that the nature of a firm's identity influences the characteristics of its SGC. We demonstrate the implications of our model by exploring how a firm's strategic group configuration affects its information-seeking behaviors. Finally, we describe how the SGC framework offers several key implications for this field of research.