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Industrial and Corporate Change, Volume 13, Number 1, pp. 3-32
Industrial and Corporate Change 13/1 © ICC Association 2004; all rights reserved.

Employing identities in organizational ecology

James N. Baron

Correspondence: James N. Baron, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5015, USA. Email: baron-james{at}gsb.stanford.edu

Abstract

This paper argues for greater attention to employment-based organizational identities in ecological theory and research. I define and explore three dimensions of particular relevance to labor market identities: sharpness/resonance, focus and authenticity. The paper offers some speculations regarding: (i) when labor market identities are most decisive for organizations; (ii) how product market and labor market identities interact; (iii) how employment-based organizational identities might be operationalized; and (iv) how greater attention to such identities would illuminate key issues in organizational ecology.


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