Motivating individuals and groups at work: A social identity perspective on leadership and group performance

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The additional understanding of work motivation can be gained by incorporating insights concerning self-categorization and social identity processes. Some specific propositions concerning motivational processes underpinning leadership and group performance is developed in order to illustrate the added value of the approach.

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More than a metaphor: organizational identity makes organizational life possible

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The authors examine the importance of organizational identity in the interrelationship between socially structured organizational member psychology and the social facts of organizational structure. Studying organizational identity as both a theoretical and applied construct is key to understanding organizational behavior.

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The glass cliff: evidence that women are over-represented in precarious leadership positions

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The gender and corporate advantages enjoyed by working women in achieving high positions high positions in organizational hierarchy is evaluated, by focusing on 100 companies on FTSE (Frankfurt Stock Exchange).

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