Measuring social identity in interfunctional research in marketing

Belinda Dewsnap, Andrew Farrell, Milena Micevski

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Abstract

Management of social identities is important for optimizing intergroup relations in organizations, and for overall organizational performance. Research on marketing’s intergroup relations employs different social identity constructs. This leaves managers and academics confused as to what impact different social identity constructs have on organizational outcomes. We therefore tested the impact of competing social identity constructs (i.e., functional identity [FI], organizational identity [OI]) on important outcomes. We find different combinations of social identity constructs result in different levels of relationship quality and departmental performance, and that FI and OI measures provide more useful information than the accepted relative functional identity or OI measures in isolation. Academic and practical implications are advanced.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEMAC 2013 : 42nd annual EMAC conference
Subtitle of host publicationlost in translation
EditorsSelime Sezgin, Elif Karaosmanoglu, Ayse B. Elmadag Bas
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event42nd EMAC annual conference 2013 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 4 Jun 20137 Jun 2013

Conference

Conference42nd EMAC annual conference 2013
Abbreviated titleEMAC 2013
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period4/06/137/06/13
Other42nd annual European Marketing Academy Conference

Keywords

  • social identity
  • identification
  • marketing-sales interface
  • integration
  • collaboration

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