WHAT DO WE HAVE IN-COMMON? OVERCOMING THE NOT-INVENTED-HERE SYNDROME THROUGH RECATEGORISATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150070
Author(s):  
MARION A. WEISSENBERGER-EIBL ◽  
TIM HAMPEL
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Large Field ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Common ◽  
Dual Identities

The not-invented-here (NIH) syndrome describes a negatively-shaped attitude of employees towards externally generated knowledge. Despite being cited as one of the largest barriers in the transfer of external knowledge, empirical evidence on interventions to overcome NIH remains scarce. To address this research gap, we design a brief and specificrecategorisational-intervention on basis of the common in-group identity model in order to change employees’ attitudes towards external knowledge directly. Additionally, we take into account the effects of affirmations as a frequently mentioned countermeasure to NIH and also investigate the role of dual identities in recategorisation. To test our hypothesis, we conducted a large field experiment with a total of 1,097 employees within a multinational organisation. Results revealed that (I) organisational identification and status are positively related to higher levels of NIH, (II) a recategorisational-intervention completely removes the NIH bias and leads to a significant increase in the evaluation of external knowledge.

scholarly journals Shaping Healthy Eating Habits in Children With Persuasive Strategies: Toward a Typology

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Binder ◽  
Brigitte Naderer ◽  
Jörg Matthes
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Research Gap

There is an abundance of evidence that the presentation of unhealthy foods (UHFs) in different media has the power to shape eating habits in children. Compared to this rich body of work with regard to the effects of UHF presentations, studies testing the effects of healthy foods (HFs) are less conclusive. In particular, while the persuasive mechanisms behind HF presentations are well-understood, we lack insights about the role of messages factors, that is, how are (and should) HFs (be) presented in order to foster healthy eating habits in children. This paper tackles this research gap by suggesting the Persuasive Strategies Presenting Healthy Foods to Children (PSPHF) typology, classified along three pillars: (a) composition-related characteristics, (b) source-related characteristics, and (c) information-related characteristics. Against the background of the PSPHF typology, we review the available empirical evidence, outline pressing research gaps, and discuss implications for researchers, health promoters, and program planers.

scholarly journals Rwanda: In the Aftermath of Genocide Against Tutsis. Survivor and Non-Victim Position to the Subordinate Identity and "Rwandeity" Problem

2018 ◽  
pp. 23-47
Author(s):  
Clementine Kanazayire ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
National Identification ◽  
Victim Group ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
The Common

Following the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, the Rwandan government implemented a policy of strengthening national identification at the expense of the ethnic group identities, which resembled the common in-group identity model (CIIM) known in social psychology. The present interview study examined how participants live being a member of the survivor or non-victim group and being a Rwandan. It also investigated the different perspectives of survivors and non-victims in relation to the policy of strengthening national identification at the expense of the ethnic groups. Consistent with socio-emotional needs-based model (NBM) (Nadler & Shnabel, 2008), the results show that most non-victims support the policy of strengthening national identification at the expense of the ethnic group identity because the national identity permits them to escape this negative moral image conferred by the subordinate identity. For survivors, their subordinate identity is related to the history of victimization. Half of them were supportive of this policy but they had to ensure that the commemoration period is maintained. The two oldest survivors preferred political identities which consider the ethnic group and national identity at the same time. Other reasons advanced of supporting single recategorization policy are related to the official translated version of the history, diverse government policies, empathy towards to the members of the perpetrator group and not representing the prototype of the group.

Superordinate Categorization as a Moderator of Mutual Infrahumanization

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 731-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Gaunt
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Superordinate Category ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Ingroup Identity Model ◽  
Ingroup Identification ◽  
Common Ingroup Identity ◽  
Ingroup Identity ◽  
Moderating Role

This research applies the Common Ingroup Identity Model (Gaertner & Dovidio, 2000) to explore the moderating role of superordinate categorization in infrahumanization. Two studies were conducted within the context of an inter-racial intergroup conflict. As hypothesized, perceived outgroup identification with the superordinate category (Study 1) or identification with the superordinate category (Study 2) was related to a weaker tendency to infrahumanize the outgroup by attributing it a lesser degree of secondary emotions. In addition, weak ingroup identification eliminated infrahumanization in Study 2. The implications of these findings for infrahumanization research are discussed.

Crossing the divide: The common in-group identity model and intergroup affinity

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M. Beaton ◽  
Tanya Monger ◽  
Denis Leblanc ◽  
Jimmy Bourque ◽  
Yolanda Levi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Identity ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
The Common

scholarly journals Organizational Capabilities for Family Firm Sustainability: The Role of Knowledge Accumulation and Family Essence

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5607
Author(s):  
Ismael Barros-Contreras ◽  
Jesús Manuel Palma-Ruiz ◽  
Angel Torres-Toukoumidis
Keyword(s):  
Family Involvement ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Firm ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Knowledge Accumulation ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
The Family ◽  
Research Gap

While prior studies recognize the importance of organizational capabilities for family firm sustainability, current research has still failed to empirically identify the role of different types of knowledge accumulation with regard to these organizational capabilities. Based on the dynamic capabilities theory, the main goal of this paper is to address this research gap and to explore the relationships between both internal and external knowledge accumulation, and ordinary organizational capabilities. This research also contributes to analyzing the complex effect of the family firm essence, influenced by both family involvement and generational involvement levels, as an antecedent of internal and external knowledge accumulation. Our analysis of 102 non-listed Spanish family firms shows that the family firm essence, which is influenced by the family involvement, strengthens only the internal knowledge accumulation but not the external one. Furthermore, our study also reveals that both internal and knowledge accumulation are positively related to ordinary capabilities.

scholarly journals Does Identification With Rwanda Increase Reconciliation Sentiments Between Genocide Survivors and Non-Victims? The Mediating Roles of Perceived Intergroup Similarity and Self-Esteem During Commemorations

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 489-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clémentine Kanazayire ◽  
Laurent Licata ◽  
Patricia Mélotte ◽  
Jean Pierre Dusingizemungu ◽  
Assaad E. Azzi
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Survivor Group ◽  
National Identification ◽  
Victim Group ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The Common

A questionnaire survey (N = 247) investigated the influence of identification with the Rwandan nation on reconciliation sentiments between members of the survivor and of the non-victim groups of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Results showed that, whereas the two groups did not differ in their level of identification with the nation, members of the non-victim group were more willing to reconcile than members of the survivor group. Perceived intergroup similarity mediated the effect of national identification on reconciliation sentiment for both groups, but this effect was stronger among non-victims. Finally, self-esteem during commemorations also mediated this effect, but only among non-victims. We discuss the importance of people’s motivation to reconcile with out-group members in post-genocidal contexts in light of the common in-group identity model (Gaertner & Dovidio, 2000) as well as the needs-based model of intergroup reconciliation (Nadler & Schnabel, 2008).

scholarly journals Spanish South American and Brazilian Demonyms: Morphosyntactic Structure and Axiological Values

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 576-596
Author(s):  
Olga S. Chesnokova ◽  
Marija Radović ◽  
Irina B. Kotenyatkina
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
South American ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
American Spanish

This article contributes to the study of the grammar, semantics, expressive values of a very special onymic category, inhabitants names, or demonyms. The authors examine and compare demonyms in two varieties of Romanic languages - South American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese from both a multi-modal point of view and empirical evidence (synchronic and diachronic data) and systemize them by concentrating on their morphosyntactic distinctive features and semiotic content. The perspective revealed in this paper aims to study, define and analyze the main tendencies in the creation of denominative adjectives functioning as demonyms, to establish the parameters of discrepancies and convergences regarding demonyms of the region in question. The authors based on analyzing the motivation sources, grammar formulae, suffix combinations, socio-cultural varieties and the occurrence of homonymy, as well as their significance, axiological values in forming a group identity and the stereotypes they might lead to. The methodology has included semiotic, cognitive, historic and comparative analysis - a synchronic conceptual transdisciplinary analysis. The results of the study confirm the premise that the demonym suffixes randomly alternate in derivation processes, but also demonstrate the existence of other morphological and pragmatic trends while outlining the role of demonyms in migration processes, formation of a linguistic landscape and axiological values.

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