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What is Organizational Identity

Handbook of Research on Advancements in Organizational Data Collection and Measurements: Strategies for Addressing Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors
An organizational theory construct explains how organizations are similar to individuals. They also hold unique qualities and identities that capture their internal essence and define them.
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Organizational Arrogance and a Theory-Based Instrument
C. Victor Herbin III (Regent University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7665-6.ch014
Abstract
Prior studies provided insight on arrogance at the individual level and how arrogant individuals express superiority through (1) overconfidence in capabilities, (2) dismissiveness, (3) and disparagement, and how these behaviors may negatively impact those employees in and around their work teams, yet did not indicate how these behaviors impact organizational culture. Organizational arrogance represents an emerging concept that describes arrogance at the organizational level. Organizational arrogance provides the body of knowledge with a comprehensive and inclusive definition that led to the development and validation of the Organizational Arrogance Scale with a Cronbach Alpha of .922 that accurately measures the presence of organizational arrogance.
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Internet -Based Changes in Organizational Communication
Organizational identity is a commonly held representation of the organization. “Commonly held” in this context is meant to exclude individual perceptions if they are not shared within a group. Organizations can have multiple identities depending on both differences in how different groups perceive the organization and ambiguities in the organizational identity (Pratt & Foreman, 2000). Organizational identity has a reciprocal relationship with individual behavior; organizational identity can affect individual behavior and individual behavior can affect organizational identity (Pratt & Foreman, 2000).
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The Global Implications of Diversity and Inclusion: Exploring Economic, Image, and Meaning Dimensions
How an organization sees itself and how it wants to be perceived by others. Diversity and inclusion can significantly shape an organization's identity.
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CoPs & Organizational Identity: Five Case Studies of NTBFs
It is a self-reflective question (Who are we as an organization?) which captures central, enduring and distinctive features of the organization.
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Short-Term Medical Trips: Practical, Cultural, and Ethical Considerations
The unique characteristics, values, and objectives of a particular organization.
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