Organizational crises and potential In-group members’ anticipated social identity
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Organizational crises and potential In-group members’ anticipated social identity. / Onken-Menke, Greta; Lauritzen, Ghita Dragsdahl; Foege, J. Nils .
I: Academy of Management Proceedings, Bind 2020, Nr. 1, 2020.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Konferenceabstrakt i tidsskrift › Forskning
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T1 - Organizational crises and potential In-group members’ anticipated social identity
AU - Onken-Menke, Greta
AU - Lauritzen, Ghita Dragsdahl
AU - Foege, J. Nils
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This study examines how potential employers shape potential employees’ social identity before joining the organization. Drawing on social identity theory and signaling theory, we argue that potential in-group members (potential employees) follow a routine similar to that of in-group members (employees) when assessing the value of organizational membership for their self-concepts. Our study uses organizational crises as identity-threatening events to investigate whether and how they influence potential employees’ anticipations about social identity, as well as their perceptions of the organization’s attractiveness. Empirical evidence from our scenario-based experiments with 1,617 individuals conducted in the United Kingdom and the United States shows that identity changes occurring from organizational crises decrease organizational attractiveness and that anticipated self-continuity and anticipated self-esteem mediate this relationship. The effects become stronger with increasing crisis responsibility.
AB - This study examines how potential employers shape potential employees’ social identity before joining the organization. Drawing on social identity theory and signaling theory, we argue that potential in-group members (potential employees) follow a routine similar to that of in-group members (employees) when assessing the value of organizational membership for their self-concepts. Our study uses organizational crises as identity-threatening events to investigate whether and how they influence potential employees’ anticipations about social identity, as well as their perceptions of the organization’s attractiveness. Empirical evidence from our scenario-based experiments with 1,617 individuals conducted in the United Kingdom and the United States shows that identity changes occurring from organizational crises decrease organizational attractiveness and that anticipated self-continuity and anticipated self-esteem mediate this relationship. The effects become stronger with increasing crisis responsibility.
U2 - 10.5465/AMBPP.2020.12156abstract
DO - 10.5465/AMBPP.2020.12156abstract
M3 - Conference abstract in journal
VL - 2020
JO - Academy of Management Proceedings
JF - Academy of Management Proceedings
SN - 2151-6561
IS - 1
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