Optimal distinctiveness, social identity, and the self.

By M. Brewer. 2003

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Under Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities (2011, background): “For example, when two established identities—say, parent and professional—conflict because an individual is overinvested in one at the expense of the other—and the latter causes a threat to the former’s enactment—the response commonly involves changing the importance of the identities in order to re”
The Energizing Nature of Work Engagement: Toward a New Need-Based Theory of Work Motivation (2017, background): “We desire, in part, to see ourselves as unique and distinct human beings, meaningfully different from others (Brewer, 2003).”
Measuring Latinos: Racial vs. Ethnic Classification and Self-Understandings (2007, background): “Optimal distinctiveness theory (Brewer 1991; see Brewer 2003 for an overview), an offshoot of social identity theory, suggests how people juggle the balance between personal and social selves.”
Expressing Identity and Shaping Image: The Relationship between Corporate Mission and Corporate Sponsorship (2009, background): “Other researchers have emphasized optimal distinctiveness from competitors (Brewer, 2003) and distinctiveness as competitive advantage (Barney & Stewart, 2000).”
Sociometer theory and the pursuit of relational value: Getting to the root of self-esteem (2005, background): “Importantly, optimal distinctiveness is associated with higher self-esteem (see Brewer, 2003, for a review).”
Unity Through Diversity: Value-in-Diversity Beliefs, Work Group Diversity, and Group Identification (2007, result): “This finding is consistent with the proposition that people have a preference for relatively small (work) groups (Brewer, 2003; cf. van Knippenberg & van Schie, 2000).”
“Green to be seen” and “brown to keep down”: Visibility moderates the effect of identity on pro-environmental behavior (2017, background): “Social identities affect individuals' experiences, emotions, and behaviors (Brewer, 2003, pp. 480e491; Dunning, 1999; Ellemers, Spears, & Doosje, 2002), and while social identities such as liberal, Green Party, and vegetarian are associated with proenvironmental behaviors, other social identities…”
Branding the destination versus the place: The effects of brand complexity and identification for residents and visitors (2017, background): “People are selective in finding similarities (e.g., age, gender, or social-status) while they still recognise other differences to fulfil their need of staying recognizable as an individual (Brewer, 1991, 2003).”
When Imitation Doesn’t Flatter: The Role of Consumer Distinctiveness in Responses to Mimicry (2011, background): “One way this optimal balance can be achieved is through one’s group memberships; the need for assimilation can be satisfied through identifying with the in-group and the need for distinctiveness can be fulfilled by distinguishing the in-group from outgroups (Brewer 1991, 2003).”
Leadership, self, and identity: A review and research agenda (2004, background): “The strength or salience of different selfconstruals may vary across situations, group memberships, relationships, and time (Aron, 2003; Brewer, 2003; Hogg, 2003; Sedikides & Brewer, 2001; Turner et al., 1987).”
Personal, Master, and Alternative Narratives: An Integrative Framework for Understanding Identity Development in Context (2016, unknown): “…Bowlby, 1967/1982; individuation theory, Grotevant & Cooper, 1985; self-determination theory, Deci & Ryan, 2011; agency and communion, Bakan, 1966; individualism and collectivism, Triandis, 1995; independent and interdependent selves, Markus & Kitayama, 1991; optimal distinctiveness, Brewer, 2003].”