Identification in Work, War, Sports, and Religion: Contrasting the Benefits and Risks

By Fred A. Mael, Blake E. Ashforth. 2001

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Stressing the relevance of resilience: a systematic review of resilience across the domains of sport and work (2017, background): “The contexts of sport and work can both be characterised as environments focused on achievement and goal-oriented behaviour (Mael & Ashforth, 2001).”
Changes in Athletic Identity Following Team Selection: Self-Protection versus Self-Enhancement (2004, background): “These feelings of collective identity can, in turn, be a source of personal meaning, positive affect, and self-esteem ( Krane, Barber, & McClung, 2002 ; Mael & Ashforth, 2001 ).”
Respect in Organizations: Feeling Valued as “We” and “Me” (2017, background): “…depersonalized belonging refers to the social bond a person feels from sharing a valued social identity with other members (Cooper & Thatcher, 2010; Mael & Ashforth, 2001; Riketta, 2008), which is dependent not on specific interpersonal relationships but on seeing oneself as a member of a valued…”
SOCIAL IDENTITY IN INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: CONCEPTS, CONTROVERSIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS (2006, background): “…conceptualization and measurement of identity in organizations (e.g., Bergami & Bagozzi, 2000; Hamid, 1996; Mael & Ashforth, 1992), and it has been acknowledged that people can identify with different organizational constituencies (e.g., Mael & Ashforth, 2001; van Knippenberg & van Schie, 2000).”
Young Adults' Wishful Identification With Television Characters: The Role of Perceived Similarity and Character Attributes (2005, background): “Identification with others can provide a range of benefits, although there are risks as well, because the outcomes depend, in part, on the choice of identification figure (Basil, 1996; Mael & Ashforth, 2001; Wright, 1994).”
Sport spectatorship and life satisfaction: A multicountry investigation (2017, unknown): “As observed in other social groups, “being a sports fan appears to satisfy some of the benefits of identification for its adherents” (Mael & Ashforth, 2001, p. 206).”