Multiple Identifications of Employees in an Organization: Salience and Relationships of Foci and Dimensions
Authors: Sidorenkov AV, Borokhovski EF, Stroh WA, Naumtseva EA
Affiliations
1 Academy of Psychology and Education, Southern Federal University, 105/42 Bolshaya Sadovaya Str., Rostov-on-Don 344006, Russia.
2 Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP), Concordia University, 1515 St. Catherine Street West, S-GA-2.126, Montreal, QC H3G 1W1, Canada.
3 Faculty of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 20 Myasnitskaya Str., Moscow 101000, Russia.
4 LLC SN Consulting, 4 Kamchatskaya Str., Moscow 107065, Russia.
Description
This research addresses: (1) the salience of employees' social (organizational, sub-organizational, group, micro-group), interpersonal, and personal identifications and their dimensions (cognitive and affective); (2) and the relationship and structure of the identifications of employees in different areas of professional activity. The study was conducted on independent samples of employees in the socio-economic sphere (241 participants), in the law enforcement agency (265), and in higher education (172). To assess the respective identification foci and dimensions, the study employed four questionnaires. The personal identification was the weakest and the micro-group identification was the strongest for both dimensions in all samples. The affective dimension prevails over the cognitive in all identifications, except for interpersonal. Social identifications were significantly positively correlated to each other in all samples whereas personal identification was significantly negatively correlated with all social identifications (on the affective dimension) in two samples. The results expand our understanding of the identifications of employees in organizations.
Keywords: group identification; interpersonal identification; micro-group identification; organizational identification; personal identification; sub-organizational identification;
Links
PubMed: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35735392/
DOI: 10.3390/bs12060182