Individual Identity and Organizational Identification: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Maria Guadalupe (), Zoe Kinias and Florian Schloderer

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, vol. 110, 193-98

Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between individual identity and organizational attachment. Using individual data from employees at a large employer in the services sector, we show that making individual values salient (through a value affirmation) on average reduces organizational attachment. However, this effect is heterogenous across individuals: those initially attached to the organization increase their attachment, while those who started off less identified with the organization reduce their attachment. Overall, the results illustrate the importance of heterogeneity and how individual identity/values and organizational attachment can conflict.

JEL-codes: C93 D12 D22 M14 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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