scholarly journals Exploring entrepreneurial roles and identity in the United Kingdom and China

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Bell ◽  
Peng Liu ◽  
Huirong Zhan ◽  
David Bozward ◽  
Jing Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Holistic Understanding

This article examines entrepreneurial identity in both the United Kingdom and China through the lenses of identity theory and social identity theory to develop a deeper and more holistic understanding of the concept of entrepreneurial identity. By examining the entrepreneur as both a role and an identity, this article explores how an entrepreneur views the role of the entrepreneur, the counter-roles to the entrepreneur, and the “self-as-entrepreneur” and seeks to understand how entrepreneurs construct their identity as an entrepreneur. By looking at the role identity in different social constructs, a more nuanced view of entrepreneurial identity can be uncovered for entrepreneurs in both the United Kingdom and China. The study argues that entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom use counter-roles to bridge the disconnect between their understanding of the entrepreneur-as-role and the self-as-entrepreneur, whereas entrepreneurs in China have less conflict reconciling the two and use the counter-role as a way to paint entrepreneurship as a “calling,” justifying their abandonment of other identities.

Positive Psychosocial Outcomes and Fanship in K-Pop Fans: A Social Identity Theory Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412096152
Author(s):  
Derek A. Laffan
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Psychosocial Outcomes ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Self

Korean pop culture (K-Pop) has spread its influence outside of Korea to a worldwide fan audience. The present study investigated the self-categorised K-Pop fandom characteristics that predicted higher levels of K-Pop fanship, and subsequent psychosocial outcomes. Social identity theory was applied as a theoretical framework. In total, 1477 K-Pop fans from 92 predominantly Western countries fully completed an extensive online survey measuring fanship, fandom and psychosocial outcomes (happiness, self-esteem and social connectedness). Results of this study indicated that K-Pop fanship was significantly predicted by a several K-Pop demographic and fandom characteristics. K-Pop fanship was a significant predictor of increased happiness, self-esteem and social connectedness. The study findings advance the application of social identity theory in a K-Pop fan context and the psychological fanship research more broadly.

A Crowd-Funder Value (CFV) Framework for Crowd-Investment

2017 ◽  
pp. 288-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Payal Jain
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Convergence Theory ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Social Environmental

Crowd-funding is used by business and social entrepreneurs to fund projects that impact society in many ways. Although crowd-funders fund and support entrepreneurial projects, stakeholders are less aware of crowd-funder motivations and behaviours towards products/services, which impact on the success of these projects. The purpose of this research, therefore, is two-fold: a) development of crowd-funder value framework for understanding crowd-funder motivations; and b) provision of robust theoretical basis to the construct of ‘crowd-funding'. Different social constructs, such as social identity, and symbolic, crowd and relational social capital related to crowd-funding are discussed based on symbolic convergence theory of communication and social identity theory. This framework will act as a roadmap to understand how crowd-funder motivations impact and create value for individuals, organisations and society, and inform how social, environmental and economic value and impact can be maximised through crowd-funding initiatives.

Gender disparaging jokes: An investigation of sexist-nonstereotypical jokes on funniness, typicality, and the moderating role of ingroup identification

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica R. Abrams ◽  
Amy M. Bippus ◽  
Karen J. McGaughey
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ingroup Identification ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThis experiment relied on social identity theory to investigate jokes that express superiority and denigration toward social groups. In particular, the social identity of gender is examined in the context of sexist-nonstereotypical jokes. Results revealed that sexist-nonstereotypical jokes had the greatest impact on women. Specifically, women rated jokes about men funnier than jokes about themselves, and highly identified women found jokes targeting men significantly funnier than jokes targeting women. These results, and others relating to prototypicality, offer insight into how disparaging intergroup jokes function to accentuate and attenuate intergroup relations.

Everyone Hates the NCAA: The Role of Identity in the Evaluations of Amateurism Transgressions: A Case Study of the Chase Young’s Loan Scandal

2021 ◽  
pp. 216747952110091
Author(s):  
Gregory A. Cranmer ◽  
Brandon Boatwright ◽  
SaiDatta Mikkilineni ◽  
Joey Fontana
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Football Player ◽  
Ohio State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Identity Threat ◽  
Exchange Information

This manuscript is a case study into public responses to an amateurism transgression committed by Chase Young, a former Ohio State University football player and Heisman candidate. In November of 2019, Young utilized his personal Twitter to announce an amateurism transgression stemming from his acceptance of an improper loan. This study considers 1,674 public and direct replies to Young on Twitter. A variety of themes were identified, including attempts to support Young, externalize the blame, dispute Young’s story, exchange information, communicate ambiguously, and contemplate consequences of the transgression. Utilizing social identity theory and identity threat management, public expressions of fandom were positioned as a variable that explained the diversity in responses to Young’s transgression. Indeed, findings illustrated in-group and out-group biases, whereby Ohio State fans supported Young and fans of other teams disputed his story. Interestingly non-expressed fans engaged in image repair on Young’s behalf via externalizing blame to other institutions, especially the NCAA, which may demonstrate the interplay of multifaceted identities. Results from this manuscript help lay the groundwork for audience-centered efforts to understand athlete transgressions.

Music Preference, Social Identity, and Self-Esteem

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 507-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Shepherd ◽  
Nicola Sigg
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Music Preference ◽  
Music Preferences ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Representative Model

Social identity theory posits that membership to social groups serves to enhance and maintain self-esteem. In young people music plays a prominent role in defining social identity, and so a relationship between music preference and self-esteem is expected, but is as yet unconfirmed by the literature. The objective of this study was to further examine the association between music preference and the self-esteem, and to apply social identity theory to differences in music preferences and self-esteem. The present study measured self-esteem from university students (n = 199) using Rosenberg’s (1965) self-esteem scale, and employed confirmatory factor analysis to derive a representative model of the self-esteem data. Music preference scores for clusters of music genres were found to significantly correlate with self-esteem. Furthermore, some measures of group differentiation based on music preference were significantly associated with self-esteem, but the relationships differed depending on gender. Overall, the results provided both support and challenges for social identity theory.

Social Comparison and prosocial behavior: An applied study of social identity theory in community food drives

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Shipley
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Social Competition ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
Salient Dimension ◽  
World Environment

Social Identity Theory and the concept of social comparison have inspired research on individuals, addressing effects of personal and environmental factors in directing social attention. The theory's conceptual origins, however, suggest that social comparison may have behavioral implications as well. Such behaviors may include attempts by an individual to enhance the relative status of his ingroup on a salient dimension of comparison. Such behavior is referred to as “social competition.” In two studies, the effects of social comparison and social competition were measured in the real-world environment of community food drives. Participants were aggregated by household; 600 households in upper middle-class neighborhoods in Eugene and Salem, Oregon, were contacted. In Study 1 of 300 households, it was hypothesized that inclusion of a social competition cue in requests for donation would significantly increase the likelihood of donation. This hypothesis was supported. Study 2 was done to clarify the possible role in a social comparison of perceived ingroup inferiority in the prior observed increase in donations. The inclusion of a social comparison cue in the donation request significantly increased donations in households of the second study. The findings suggest that researchers should expand study of the theory's behavioral implications, including the role of social comparison in prosocial behavior.

scholarly journals Them, Us, and I: How Group Contexts Influence Basic Psychological Needs

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank J. Kachanoff ◽  
Michael J. A. Wohl ◽  
Richard Koestner ◽  
Donald M. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Psychological Theories

Here, we integrate two influential psychological theories: social-identity theory and self-determination theory. Whereas social-identity theory considers how social identities impact the self, self-determination theory elucidates the psychological necessity of feeling related, competent, and autonomous. In this article, we outline and provide justification for a unified theoretical framework that considers how perceptions of personal relatedness, competence, and autonomy are influenced by perceptions that one’s social group is related, competent, and autonomous.

A Crowd-Funder Value (CFV) Framework for Crowd-Investment

2019 ◽  
pp. 515-536
Author(s):  
Payal Jain
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Convergence Theory ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Social Environmental

Crowd-funding is used by business and social entrepreneurs to fund projects that impact society in many ways. Although crowd-funders fund and support entrepreneurial projects, stakeholders are less aware of crowd-funder motivations and behaviours towards products/services, which impact on the success of these projects. The purpose of this research, therefore, is two-fold: a) development of crowd-funder value framework for understanding crowd-funder motivations; and b) provision of robust theoretical basis to the construct of ‘crowd-funding'. Different social constructs, such as social identity, and symbolic, crowd and relational social capital related to crowd-funding are discussed based on symbolic convergence theory of communication and social identity theory. This framework will act as a roadmap to understand how crowd-funder motivations impact and create value for individuals, organisations and society, and inform how social, environmental and economic value and impact can be maximised through crowd-funding initiatives.

Positive Psychosocial Outcomes and Fanship in K-Pop Fans: A Social Identity Theory Perspective.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Laffan
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Psychosocial Outcomes ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Self

Korean pop culture (K-Pop) has spread its influence outside of Korea to a worldwide fan audience. The present study investigate the self-categorised K-Pop fandom characteristics that predicted higher levels of K-Pop fanship, and subsequent psychosocial outcomes. Social identity theory was applied as a theoretical framework. In total, 1477 K-Pop fans from 92 predominantly Western countries fully completed an extensive online survey measuring fanship, fandom and psychosocial outcomes (happiness, self-esteem and social connectedness). Results of this study indicated that K-Pop fanship was significantly predicted by a several K-Pop demographic and fandom characteristics. K-Pop fanship was a significant predictor of increased happiness, self-esteem and social connectedness. The study findings advance the application of social identity theory in a K-Pop fan context and the psychological fanship research more broadly.

scholarly journals The Mediating Effects of Organizational Reputation in Predicting Job Seekers Attraction from Third-Party Organizational Justice Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 6693-6708
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Signaling Theory ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Informational Justice ◽  
Organizational Reputation

This paper seeks to investigate the stipulation individuals’ perceptions of organizational justice, organizational reputation, and its effects to job seekers’ attractiveness. A total of 327 accounting and finance interns were assumed the role of job seekers. We wanted respondents to assess organizations in which they are currently undergoing internship to increase the likelihood that they had experience during the internship and knowledge gained about the organization; thus, held informed opinions about organizational justice and reputation, and its attractiveness as job seekers. We found each organizational justice dimensions (procedural, distributive, interpersonal and informational justice) influence job seeker attraction while organizational reputation role as mediator is significant. We suggested that organizations pay more attention on the informational justice and distribution justice following the empirical contribution is above than other dimensions either in direct or mediator impact of organizational reputation. Moreover, we else well highlighted the empirically evident that recognized the notion of signaling theory incorporated with social identity theory to publicize a deeper explanation of the job seeker attraction process. This is the first study to show that organizational justice is an instrumental characteristic, organizational reputation is a symbolic characteristic drawn from signaling theory and social identity theory and, this combination is better to comprehend on the job seeker attraction concept.

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