The Impact of Identity Orientation on Individual and Organizational Outcomes in Demographically Diverse Settings
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- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in Academy of Management Review
- Vol. 25 (1) , 82-101
- https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2000.2791604
Abstract
Our present understanding of identification processes poses a serious limitation to diversity research. In this article I present a preliminary model explicating how organizational, task, and reward structures affect the activation of members' personal relational, and collective identity orientations. I further outline the manner in which the identity orientations of majority and minority individuals link to cognition, affect, and behavior of members of each group, as well as to diversity-related organizational outcomes. Activating a relational identity orientation may promote benefits and inhibit disadvantages associated with diversity. I also discuss apparent theoretical and practical contributions of the model.Keywords
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