Accentuating the positive?

Article Abstract:

Concerns about the conceptualization and development of the positive perspective in organizational behavior and studies are raised. It is found that the broad vision of antiopressive practices and meaningful work remain firmly on organizational studies' agenda, while a reconstructed form of positive inquiry might offer some helpful insights in this direction.

Organizational change, Critical theory

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Changing faces: Professional image construction in diverse organizational settings

Article Abstract:

The social identity and impression management theories are integrated to capture the dual impact of personal characteristics and group affiliations on professional image construction. The model highlights the multilevel impact of credible and authentic professional image construction on intraphysic, interpersonal, workgroup, and organizational outcomes.

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Identity orientations and forms of social exchange in organizations

Article Abstract:

Employees prefer different forms of social exchange as they relate to or identify with one another in different ways. A model is developed to outline how identity orientations play an important role in developing employee exchange relations and how they might help predict the consequences of exchange dynamics.

Labor Relations, Employee Relations, Labour relations

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