TY - CHAP

T1 - Organizational identity and its applications

T2 - A direction for further research

AU - Stanske, Sarah

PY - 2016/1/1

Y1 - 2016/1/1

N2 - Organizational identity (OI) remains a vague concept and has yet to be widely applied to a variety of academic disciplines. Research gaps can be detected through a systematic review process, which maps the dominant discourses of: (1) organizational identification; (2) OI and change, (3) OI and management; (4) OI and image/reputation; (5) OI and culture. Special attention is paid to the link between OI and firm growth, which acts as a point of reference in each discourse (6). The chapter shows that research gaps remain not only in the field of growth, but also in other areas, illustrating that the concept of OI may be mature but that it is far from obsolete.

AB - Organizational identity (OI) remains a vague concept and has yet to be widely applied to a variety of academic disciplines. Research gaps can be detected through a systematic review process, which maps the dominant discourses of: (1) organizational identification; (2) OI and change, (3) OI and management; (4) OI and image/reputation; (5) OI and culture. Special attention is paid to the link between OI and firm growth, which acts as a point of reference in each discourse (6). The chapter shows that research gaps remain not only in the field of growth, but also in other areas, illustrating that the concept of OI may be mature but that it is far from obsolete.

KW - Firm growth

KW - Organizational identity

KW - Systematic review method

KW - Management studies

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017623770&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1057/978-1-137-57724-5_2

DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-57724-5_2

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85017623770

SN - 978-1-137-57723-8

SN - 978-1-349-84649-8

SP - 13

EP - 62

BT - Organizational Identity and Firm Growth

A2 - Dörrenbächer, Christoph

A2 - Tomenendal, Matthias

A2 - Stanske, Sarah

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - London

ER -