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| Author: | Elsbach, K. D. Bhattacharya, Ñ. Â. |
| Title: | Defining Who You Are By What You're Not: Organizational Disidentification and The National Rifle Association |
| Journal: | Organization Science
2001 : JUL-AUG, VOL. 12:4, p. 393-413 |
| Index terms: | ORGANIZATION QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES PERCEPTION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Through two exploratory studies, the authors develop and test an introductory framework of "organizational disidentification." Their first study explores the concept of organizational disidentification through a qualitative investigation of cognitive relationships with the National Rifle Association (NRA). Findings suggest that organizational disidentification is a self-perception based on: (1) a cognitive separation between one's identity and the organization's identity, and (2) a negative relational categorization of oneself and the organization (e.g., categorizations such as "rivals" or "enemies"). Organizational disidentification appears to be motivated by individuals' desires to both affirm positive distinctiveness and avoid negative distinctiveness by distancing themselves from incongruent. |
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