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Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors An understanding of identity is fundamental to a complete understanding of organizational life. While conventional management textbooks nod to in-groups, cohesion and discrimination, this text offers instead a deeper, more nuanced understanding of why people, groups and organizations behave the way they do. With conceptions of identity perhaps less stable than they have ever been, the authors make complex theoretical issues accessible to the reader through the use of lively examples from popular culture. The authors present an overview of the key issues, as well as an examination of cutting-edge research and topical forces currently re-defining identity, such as globalisation, the fair trade movement and online identities. This text is a succinct, relevant and exciting overview of the field of identity studies as it relates to business and management and applied social sciences, an is an invaluable resource to undergraduate and postgraduate students of management on any course that has an identity component. Introduction to Understanding Identity Introduction Identity vs Personality Identity on the Management Agenda: A Brief History How Do Individual and Organizational Identities Interact? Introducing the Book Suggested Reading Theoretical Perspectives on Identity Introduction Social Identity Theory (SIT) Psychoanalysis Foucauldian Perspective Symbolic Interactionism Narrative Approaches Micro-Interactional Approaches Application Exercise – The Case of Frances Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Diversity and Identity Introduction Identity as a Social Category Identity as a Process of Social Construction Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Occupational Identities Introduction The Meaning of Work Occupational Cultures and Boundaries Managerial Identities Professional Identities The Dirty, the Deviant and the Degrading Unpaid Work and Unemployment When I Grow Up I Want To Be … Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Identity and Organizational Control Overview and Introduction Bringing Identity to Work Managing Culture Managing Identities Identification and Dis-identification Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Organizational Identity Introduction Organizational Identity: What Is It and Why Does It Matter? Organizational Identity – Properties or Beliefs? Types of Organizational Identity Power in (and of) Organizational Identity Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Virtual Identity Overview and Introduction Competing Perspectives: Technological Determinism and Social Constructionism New Connections and Identity: Online Communities Virtual Identity, Power and Control Teleworking and Identity Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions The Future of Identity Introduction Strong Attachments and Totalizing Workplaces? Weak Attachments and the ‘Flexible’ Firm New Public Management Identity and the Global, Virtual Firm The Future of Diversity Conclusion Suggested Reading Glossary of Terms
