Mohamed, Neveen, Jones, Elise B., George, Mailys, Antwi-Gyamfi, Nana Yaa, Vyšniauskaite, Aušrine, Awan, Muhammad Aqeel, Toubiana, Madeline and Elsbach, Kimberly D. (2025) The good, the unconscious, and the dynamic: rethinking disidentification at work. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025 (1). ISSN 0065-0668
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Disidentification refers to an individual’s perceived sense of separation from: (a) personal characteristics or traits (personal disidentification, e.g., not identifying as a smoker); (b) a role or relationship (relational disidentification, e.g., not identifying as a leader); and/or (c) a group (social disidentification, e.g., not identifying with an organization) (Elsbach, 1999). Together, identification (a sense of oneness) with and disidentification (a sense of separation) from targets shape an individual’s identity (Stone, 1962). Existing research has predominantly focused on the detrimental consequences of disidentification, ranging from boycott and public disparagement (Elsbach and Bhattacharya, 2001; Pratt, 2000) to workplace deviance (Bolton et al., 2012) and organizational crimes (e.g., Vadera & Pratt, 2013). However, the overwhelming focus on negative outcomes has contributed to disidentification’s receiving less scholarly attention compared to identification (Kalkman, 2023; Kreiner & Ashforth, 2004). The papers in this symposium seek to reinvigorate research on disidentification by addressing key limitations: its prevailing characterization as dysfunctional, the lack of consensus on its definition and mechanisms, and the limited exploration of its temporal dynamics (Ashforth, Harrison, & Corley, 2008). Revitalizing Disidentification Research in Organizational Studies Author: Neveen Mohamed; Vlerick Business School Author: Elise B. Jones; U.S. Coast Guard Academy Author: Nana Yaa Antwi-Gyamfi; Author: Mailys George; IESE Business School Imprisoned: Disidentification and Institutional Neurosis in Prison Staff Facing Role Conflict Author: Aušrine Vyšniauskaite; KU Leuven Author: Mailys George; IESE Business School How Workers Facilitate Clients’ Disidentification from Stigmatized Identities Author: Muhammad Aqeel Awan; London School of Economics and Political Science Author: Ussama Ahmad Khan; London Business School Author: Lidiia Pletneva; The London School of Economics & Political Science Doctors Driving Taxi Cabs: Enduring Disidentification in Downward Occupational Transition Author: Madeline Toubiana; University of Ottawa Author: Luciana Turchick Hakak; University of the Fraser Valley
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © Academy of Management Proceedings |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2025 15:12 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2025 15:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130425 |
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