scholarly journals A Short note on Accent–bias, Social Identity and Ethnocentrism

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
General Role ◽  
Accent Perception ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Training Institutions ◽  
Group Memberships

This paper discusses the interrelations among accent-based biases, social identity and ethnocentrism. Construction of social identity creates a set of ethnocentric values within a person, which indirectly or directly plays a pivotal role in generating accent related biases. Starting with Tajfel’s (1959) social identity theory and then the discussion of ethnocentrism, accent related biases have a long documented origin, development and consequences. People construct their social identity based on numerous variables and then their in-group and out-group memberships are established. Ethnocentrism, as a variable, influences listeners’ accent perception and subsequent judgment regarding their perceived accent. The degree of ethnocentrism is related to speakers’ potential accent biases. As legal safeguard against accent related biases is absent, active resistance and awareness-initiation are expected from speech language pathologists and the concerned community in general. Role of training institutions is discussed. 

scholarly journals A Social Identity Model for Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 564-586
Author(s):  
Dominic Abrams ◽  
Diane M. Houston ◽  
Barbara M. Masser ◽  
Blake M. McKimmie
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Group Memberships ◽  
The Impact

Much of the research on individual attainment in educational settings has focused on individual differences. This chapter sets out the role of groups and group processes. After reviewing evidence for the role of social comparison in the classroom, and theory and research on ethnic group differences, we consider the impact of category memberships, stereotypes, and threat on educational performance. We introduce social identity theory and explain its relevance to educational outcomes. We then offer an integrative social identity model for education (SIME) that incorporates three elements of education research: social comparison, stereotypes, and identity. The model provides a more comprehensive perspective on the role of intergroup and intragroup relations and indicates how (and which) group memberships can present barriers to, or reveal new horizons for, performance and achievement. We describe how these elements may work together in practice and conclude by considering prospects and approaches for future research.

scholarly journals A Multilevel Model of Environmentally Specific Social Identity in Predicting Environmental Strategies: Evidence from Technology Manufacturing Businesses

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4567
Author(s):  
Stanley Y. B. Huang ◽  
Chih-Wen Ting ◽  
Yu-Ming Fei
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Multilevel Model ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Model ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Upper Echelons Theory ◽  
Environmental Strategies ◽  
Identity Based

This study proposed a multilevel model of environmentally specific social identity based on upper echelons theory and examined how environmentally specific transformational leadership influenced the environmentally specific social identity of the top management team (TMT), which consequently influenced a corporation’s choices of proactive environmental strategies. Besides, the environmentally specific transformational leadership atmosphere at the TMT level also influenced the environmentally specific social identity atmosphere at the TMT level, which consequently influenced a corporation’s choices of proactive environmental strategies at the same time. In particular, this study proposed a novel concept–environmentally specific social identity based on social identity theory, including environmentally specific self-categorization, environmentally specific affective commitment, environmentally specific self-esteem. This study employed a hierarchical linear model and collected longitudinal data of 210 chief executive officers with their 840 members of TMTs at technology manufacturing businesses of Greater China at three waves over six months to analyze the theoretical model. This study found that individual-level environmentally specific transformational leadership and TMT-level environmentally specific transformational leadership (atmosphere) influenced individual-level environmentally specific social identity and TMT-level environmentally specific social identity (atmosphere), which consequently influenced proactive environmental strategies. These findings provide theoretical insights for the field of sustainable development that can advance the literature on proactive environmental strategies.

Conflict between younger and older workers: an identity-based approach

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry C.Y. Ho ◽  
Dannii Y. Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Opposing Party ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Conflict Strategies

Purpose With age diversity in the workplace becoming increasingly prevalent, the conflict between younger and older workers can be pervasive because of their increased interpersonal tensions from heterogeneous interactions. Adopting an identity-based approach, this study aims to examine the causes, underlying mechanisms and specific strategies used to manage such conflict. It was hypothesized that there is an interaction effect between age-group identification and organizational identification on conflict strategies and that this relationship can be explained by the mediating role of motivational goal orientation. Design/methodology/approach A total of 380 clerical workers in Hong Kong, aged 19–65, responded to two hypothetical scenarios about conflict with a younger and an older worker using a structured questionnaire on social identity, motivational goal orientation and conflict strategies. Moderated mediation analyzes were performed to test the hypothesized conditional indirect effects. Findings Results showed that workers who identified with the organization emphasized less on independent goals (with a younger opposing party) and more on cooperative goals (with an older opposing party) when they did not perceive an age-group differentiation, and thus, they were more likely to respond in a way that de-escalates the conflict, including the use of integrating, obliging and compromising strategies. Originality/value Extending age-related conflict research beyond identifying generational differences, this study highlights the role of social identity and suggests that employers and managers should strengthen employees’ organizational identification and build a fair work environment that facilitates positive interaction between younger and older workers.

Social Identity Matters

2017 ◽  
pp. 326-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guida Helal ◽  
Wilson Ozuem
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Marketing Communications ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Fashion Apparel

Fashion brands' online presence provide a platform for customers to supplement social identity based on associations with brands, and ultimately this can shape brand perceptions among customers through promised functional and symbolic benefits. Social media has matured into the prime channel for regular interactions and the development of brand-customer relationships that enrich social identity. Drawing on social identity theory, the current chapter examines how the evolving social media platforms impact on brand perceptions in the fashion apparel and accessories industries. The chapter focuses on theoretical implications and managerial implications. The concluding section offers some significant roles that social media and social identity may play in keeping up with the design and development of marketing communications programmes.

Social Identity Theory in Sports Fandom Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 172-191
Author(s):  
Nicholas Hirshon
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Sports Fans ◽  
Sports Fandom ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Football Team ◽  
The University ◽  
Group Memberships

Sports fans are known to engage in BIRGing, or basking in reflected glory after their team wins, and CORFing, cutting off reflected failure following a team loss. These phenomena are related to social identity theory, which examines how group memberships shape a person's self-image. This chapter explores how media-attentive sports fans internalize victory and externalize defeat by charting the simultaneous developments in the 1970s of social identity theory, advanced by European social psychologists, and BIRGing and CORFing, which are rooted in a landmark study on college students wearing school-identifying apparel after the university football team won. The chapter also examines how social identity has served and can continue to be utilized as the theoretical backbone for research on mass-mediated sports fandom.

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.

Linking servant leadership to employee creativity

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-233
Author(s):  
Jin Yang ◽  
Cuiping Ma ◽  
Jibao Gu ◽  
Hefu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Team Identification ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Leadership Influence ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to put forth a model that accounts for the effect of servant leadership on employee creativity from a social identity perspective. Specifically, this paper aims to examine team identification as the mediating mechanism by which servant leadership influence employee creativity. This paper also intends to investigate the moderating influences of horizontal and vertical collectivism on the effectiveness of servant leadership on follower team identification. Design/methodology/approach Servant leadership, team identification, collectivism (consisted of horizontal and vertical collectivism) and employee creativity were assessed in an empirical study based on a sample of 451 employees from 11 banks in China. Findings Drawing on social identity theory, this study found that follower team identification partially mediates the relationship between servant leadership and employee creativity. In addition, results showed that horizontal collectivism moderates the relationship between servant leadership and follower team identification; the relationship was more positive when horizontal collectivism was high, rather than low; vertical collectivism also moderates the relationship between servant leadership and follower team identification; the relationship was more positive when vertical collectivism was low, rather than high. However, results of this study indicated that the moderated mediation effects of team identification on the relationship between servant leadership and employee creativity are nonsignificant. Practical implications First, this research affirmed the need to promote servant leadership in employment settings. Second, managers’ understandings of the instrumental role of servant leadership in showing interpersonal acceptance, offering encouragement and support and expressing trust would prove to be valuable because it could enhance employee creativity. Finally, the findings from this study should help managers gain a better understanding of the contextual factors. Originality/value The first contribution of the current study was to identify team identification as an important psychological process that can link servant leadership to employee creativity. Another important contribution of the current research was the identification of the boundary conditions (e.g. horizontal and vertical collectivism).

Understanding Intra-Group Variations in Prejudice — The Role of Perceived Legitimacy and Stability

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Finchilescu ◽  
Cheryl de la Rey
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
South African ◽  
White Students ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Consistent Finding ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Perceived Security ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Relative Status

Social Identity Theory predicts that the pattern of intergroup behaviour is a function of the relative status of the groups involved, and the perceived security of this hierarchy. Insecurity of social identity arises if the intergroup situation is seen as unstable and/or illegitimate. In this paper the authors suggest that these factors may also contribute to intra-group variations in outgroup discrimination and hostility. This was empirically investigated using black and white students from a South African university, at a time when social change appeared imminent. A measure of perceptions of status, stability and legitimacy was developed, and the effect of these perceptions on attitudes and various measures of discrimination tested. A consistent finding was that of the white subjects, those who perceived the intergroup situation as illegitimate, gave significantly less discriminatory responses than did those who perceived it as legitimate. The results provide support for some of the theoretical predictions.

scholarly journals Dual routes from social identity to collective opposition to criminal organisations: Intracultural appropriation theory and the roles of honour codes and social change beliefs

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Travaglino ◽  
Dominic Abrams ◽  
Giuseppina Russo
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Cultural Codes ◽  
Dual Route ◽  
Change Beliefs ◽  
Global Threat ◽  
Opposing Effects

Italian criminal organisations (COs) are a serious global threat. Intracultural appropriation theory (ICAT) holds that such groups exploit cultural codes of masculinity and honour to legitimise and lower resistance to their actions. Such codes are an important feature of Southern Italian group membership. A large survey ( N = 1,173) investigated the role of two previously underexamined facets of honour cultures—personal concerns for reputation, and female honour ideology. In addition, drawing on social identity theory, and testing a dual-route hypothesis, this research investigated the role of beliefs about the necessity of social change in the articulation between identification, honour, and collective action intentions. Consistent with ICAT, and with previous research, male-honour-related values uniquely predicted collective action intentions against criminal organisations. In addition, consistent with the dual-route hypothesis: (a) regional identification positively predicted social change beliefs which in turn explained stronger intentions to oppose COs collectively, and, (b) regional identification was also positively associated with masculine honour which in turn predicted weaker intentions to oppose COs. The evidence supports the idea that social identity can have opposing effects on collective action in the same context, depending on which beliefs are mobilised.

Inside Story: Mind Your Identity When Conducting Cross National Research

1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric W. K. Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Critical Success Factor ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Cross National

In this short note, I would like to share with fellow researchers a few interesting incidents encountered in the fieldwork of my doctoral research conducted in Singapore and China. Some of these incidents were related to my identity as a researcher. Using the perspective of social identity theory, I argue that a researcher's identity can be a critical success factor for conducting cross-national research.

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