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He, Hongwei and Baruch, Yehuda (2009) Transforming organizational identity under institutional change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol.22 (No.6). pp. 575-599. doi:10.1108/09534810910997014 ISSN 0953-4814.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09534810910997014
Abstract
Purpose – The objective of this paper is to report a case study investigating how organizational identity evolves during institutional change within a UK building society.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs an inductive case study, which is appropriate for examining such change processes. It builds on grounded theory, considered appropriate for such an explanatory research.
Findings – The paper finds that: institutional change, especially regulation and practice changes, serves as the trigger to increasing salience of identity issues, i.e. identity ambiguity, legitimacy crisis and perceived identity obsolescence; leadership, organizational culture and strategic exercises are salient apparatuses to tackle identity problems caused by external pressure; and a new identity is formed as a result of the managerial interventions, characterised by the rediscovery of historical roots, modernization and dualism.
Research limitations/implications – The paper provides an account of identity change, given a broader business environment change context within which the organization operates. Utilizing qualitative study of one case may be taken as a limitation.
Originality/value – The theoretical contribution reflected in the findings has implications for the interfaces between identity and institutional environment and organizational culture.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Marketing & Strategic Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Organizational Change Management | ||||
Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0953-4814 | ||||
Official Date: | 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.22 | ||||
Number: | No.6 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 25 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 575-599 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1108/09534810910997014 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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