LONGING TO BELONG: IDENTITY AND ORGANIZATION THEORY

This dissertation consists of the first three papers in a stream of organization theory research inspired by the insight that humans are as motivated by identity self interest - or the "longing to belong" - as by instrumental self interest. The first paper (chapter 2) spells out this insight and its implications for the governance of knowledge intensive organizations; the second paper (chapter 3) offers an empirical test of the fundamental assumption that a continuum of motivation influences governance arrangements; and the third paper (chapter 4) uses a historical case study to refine process theories of organization by emphasizing the struggle for dominance between identity groups and their logics.

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Temple University. Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Hill, Theodore

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Mudambi, Ram, 1954-

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Hamilton, Robert D. (Robert Devitt)
• Kumaraswamy, Arun
• Scott, Jonathan A.

• Organization Theory
• Economic Sociology
• Embeddedness
• Identity
• Open Source
• Organizational Democracy
• Process Theory

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eng

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864885087

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