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Does It Really Matter If You Recognize Who I Am? The Implications of Identity Comprehension for Individuals in Work Teams{dagger}

Sherry M. B. Thatcher

MIS Department, Eller College of Business, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, sherryt{at}eller.arizona.edu

Lindred L. Greer

Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands

A field study of 179 employees in an investment technology firm explores the relationship between identity comprehension and individual work outcomes. Identity comprehension is defined as the degree to which the relative importance of one's identities is recognized by important others. Results show that individuals with higher levels of identity comprehension in work teams are likely to have higher levels of creativity and satisfaction and lower levels of absenteeism.

Key Words: creativity • identity comprehension • performance • self-verification • social identity

This version was published on February 1, 2008

Journal of Management, Vol. 34, No. 1, 5-24 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0149206307308909
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