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Identity Matters

Reflections on the Construction of Identity Scholarship in Organization Studies

Bibliographic Data

ID5780015
AuthorsMats Alvesson (0000-0001-8709-4684, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden,), Karen Lee Ashcraft (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA,), Robyn Thomas (0000-0002-7887-8679, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff, UK,)
Year2007
Volume15
Issue1
Pages5-28
Publication date2007-12-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOrganization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-5084 • E-ISSN: 1461-7323
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1350508407084426
OpenAlexW2133187976
LanguageEN
Citations received281
References cited49

Key tensions underlying much of the identity literature; we foreground identity matters as encountered by individuals, understood as social; durability of identity; identity in its various conceptualizations offers creative ways to understand a range of organizational settings and phenomena while bridging the levels from micro to macro

Organization studies · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Management and Organizational Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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Citation span2008 - 2026 (19)
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