Identifying the Ingroup: A Closer Look at the Influence of Demographic Dissimilarity on Employee Social Identity
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Relational demography researchers have constructed models based on social identity theory and self-categorization theory, without fully incorporating their theoretical and empirical richness. We rectify this omission by constructing a model that includes key concepts from these theories and that predicts whether employees will identify with a particular demographic category or with their workgroup, or both. Propositions derived examine whether demographic dissimilarity will positively or negatively influence employee social identity.
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Individuals from historically subordinated social groups typically resolve identity conflict by adapting to the extant culture.
“They resolve an identity conflict by adapting to the extant culture, a fairly typical response for individuals from historically subordinated social groups (e.g., Chattopadhyay et al., 2004;Derks et al., 2006).”
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- Authors
- Chattopadhyay, P., Tluchowska, M., & George, E.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Venue
- The Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2004-04-01
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 180
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2166734984
- Cited by
- 362
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 34.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
- Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Keywords
- demographic dissimilarity, social identity theory, self-categorization theory, relational demography
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