More than a Metaphor: Organizational Identity Makes Organizational Life Possible

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Struggling with Lack: A Lacanian Perspective on Organizational Identity (2009, background): “Additionally, a single identity is considered to put fewer resource strains on organizations and as enabling decisive organizational action (Haslam et al. 2003; Pratt and Foreman 2000).”
Organizational identity strength, identification, and commitment and their relationships to turnover intention: Does organizational hierarchy matter? (2006, background): “Haslam et al. (2003) have gone as far to contend that without organizational identification, ‘there can be no effective organizational communication, no heedful interrelating, no meaningful planning, no leadership’ (p. 365).”
Investigating antecedents and consequences of brand identification (2008, background): “Organisational identity has been the subject of much research, mostly applied to the beliefs and attitudes of employees ( Haslam et al. , 2003”
Organizational identification as a determinant of customer orientation in service organizations (2007, background): “The key variable studied in organizational contexts is OI, indicating the extent to which “people engage in a process of self-stereotyping whereby their behavior is oriented towards, and structured by, the content of that group’s or organization’s defining characteristics, norms and values, resultin”