Organizational Identity presents the classic works on organizational identity alongside more current thinking on the issues. Ranging from theoretical contributions to empirical studies, the readings in this volume address the key issues of organizational identity, and show how these issues
have developed through contributions from such diverse fields of study as sociology, psychology, management studies and cultural studies. The readings examine questions such as how organizations understand who they are, why organizations develop a sense of identity and belonging where the
boundaries of identity lie and the implications of postmodern and critical theories' challenges to the concept of identity as deeply-rooted and authentic. Includes work by: Stuart Albert, Mats Alvesson, Blake E. Ashforth, Marilynn B. Brewer, George Cheney, Lars Thoger Christensen, C.H. Cooley, Kevin
G. Corley, Barbara Czarniawska, Janet M. Dukerich, Jane E. Dutton, Kimberly D. Elsbach, Wendi Gardner, Linda E. Ginzela, Dennis A. Gioia, E. Goffman, Karen Golden-Biddle, Mary Jo Hatch, Roderick M. Kramer, Fred Rael, G.H. Mead, Michael G. Pratt, Anat Rafaeli, Hayagreeva Rao, Majken Schultz, Howard
S. Schwartz, Robert I. Sutton, Henri Taijfel, John Turner, David A. Wherren, and Hugh Willmott. Intended to provide easy access to this material for students of organizational identity, it will also be of interest more broadly to students of business, sociology and psychology.

Mary Jo Hatch (PhD Stanford 1985) is Professor of Commerce at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia (USA). Related to her work on organizational identity, she has published numerous articles on organizational culture, organizational symbolism, and organizational identity and image in academic journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, the Journal of Management Inquiry and the European Journal of Marketing. Other publications include the textbook 'Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives' (OUP 1997) and 'The Expressive Organization: Linking Identity, Reputation and the Corporate Brand' (OUP 2000, co -edited with Majken Schultz and Mogens Holten Larsen).
Majken Schultz (PhD Copenhagen Business School 1986) is Professor of Management at the Copenhagen Business School at the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management. She is currently leading the research-based Corporate Brand Initiative in collaboration with Mary Jo Hatch. She has published numerous articles on organizational culture, corporate reputations and organizational identity, and image interrelations in academic journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Organization Studies, the Journal of Management Inquiry, Corporate Reputation Review and the European Journal of Marketing. Other publications include 'The Expressive Organization: Linking Identity, Reputation and the Corporate Brand' (OUP 2000, co -edited with Mary Jo Hatch and Mogens Holten Larsen).

• Introduction


• Section I: The Roots of Organizational Identity in Sociology and Social Psychology


• 1: C. H. Cooley: Society and the Individual


• 2: G. H. Mead: The Self


• 3: E. Goffman: The Arts of Impression Management


• 4: Henri Taijfel and John Turner: An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict


• 5: Marilynn B. Brewer and Wendi Gardner: Who is this 'We'? Levels of Colletive Identity and Self Representations


• Section II: Early Development of Organizational Identity Theory


• 6: Stuart Albert and David A. Whetten: Organizational Identity


• 7: Howard S. Schwartz: Amto-Social Actions of Committed Organizational Participants: An Existential Psychoanalytic Perspective


• 8: Blake E. Ashforth and Fred Mael: Social Identity Theory and the Organization


• 9: Mats Alvesson: Organization: From Substance to Image?


• 10: Jane E. Dutton and Janet M. Dukerich: Keeping an Eye on the Mirror: Image and Identity in Organizational Adaptation


• 11: Linda E. Ginzel, Roderick M. Kramer, and Robert I. Sutton: Organizational Impression Management as Reciprocal Influence Process: The Neglected Role of the Organizational Audience


• Section III: Recent Developments in Organizational Identity Theory


• Section III.i: Multiple Identities


• 12: Michael G. Pratt and Anat Rafaeli: Organizational Dress as a Symbol of Multilayered Social Identities


• 13: Karen Golden-Biddle and Hayagreeva Rao: Breaches in the Boardroom: Organizational Identity and Conflicts of Commitment in a Nonprofit Organization


• Section III.ii: Stability and Change in Organizational Identity


• 14: Dennis A. Gioia, Majken Schultz, and Kevin G. Corley: Organizational Identity, Image, and Adaptive Instability


• 15: Mary Jo Hatch and Majken Schultz: The Dynamics of Organizational Identity


• Section III.iii: Identity as Narrative and Discourse


• 16: Mats Alvesson and Hugh Willmott: Identity Regulation as Organizational Control Producing the Appropriate Individual


• 17: Barbara Czarniawska: Narratives of Individual and Organizational Identities


• Section III.iv: Audiences for Identity


• 18: Kimberly D. Elsbach and Roderick M. Kramer: Members' Responses to Organizational Identity Threats: Encountering and Countering the Business Week Rankings


• 19: George Cheney and Lars Thøger Christensen: Organizational Identity: Linkages Between Internal and External Communication