individual identity

read to prepare yourselves for session 05

  1. Foreman, P., & Whetten, D. A. (December 01, 2002). Members' Identification with Multiple-Identity Organizations. Organization Science, 13, 6, 618-635.
  2. Ashforth, B. E., & Mael, F. A. (1996). Organizational identity and strategy as a context for the individual. Advances in Strategic Management, 13, 19-64.
  3. And to help us understand ourselves, take the HumanMetrics Typology Test online and come prepared to discuss what you may have discovered about yourselves

things we'll talk about


  • how do individuals perceive their organization?
  • how do individuals perceive their roles in their organization?
  • do different individuals perceive the same organization differently?
  • how does this influence organizational culture? does it become multi-dimensional?
  • how is individual identity "simultaneously enabled and constrained" by organizational identity? [Ashforth]
  • how could individuals' identification with their organization influence their decisions to make ethical choices within that organization?
slides for session 05