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organizational identity threat: a standalone construct

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organizationalidentity threat1 CONSTRUCTOrganizational identityELSBACH · ORGANIZATION THEORY

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Organization theory

an event that challenges members' beliefs about the central, distinctive and enduring traits of their organization, prompting cognitive tactics to affirm a positive identity.

In organization theory, organizational identity threat refers to an event that challenges members' beliefs about the central, distinctive and enduring traits of their organization, prompting cognitive tactics to affirm a positive identity. This meaning comes from Elsbach (1996) in Administrative Science Quarterly.[1]

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event3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsidentity6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructsthreat6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

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  1. Elsbach, K. D., & Kramer, R. M. (1996). Members' Responses to Organizational Identity Threats: Encountering and Countering the Business Week Rankings. Administrative Science Quarterly, 41(3), 442. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393938

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