Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review social identity theory and its implications for learning in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – This article is a conceptual paper based on a multidisciplinary review of the literature on social identity theory. This article explains the theoretical concepts, constructs, and findings of an identity-based view of learning in organizations...

We show that fluid organizations display higher levels of cooperation than attainable by groups with either a fixed social structure or lacking one altogether. By moving within the organization, individuals cause restructurings that facilitate cooperation. Computer experiments simulating fluid organizations faced with a social dilemma reveal a myriad of complex cooperative behaviors that result...

INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: THE SPREAD OF U.S. RECYCLING ADVOCACY GROUPS Michael Lounsbury Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations and Department of Sociology In this paper, I study how social movements become institutionalized through an examination of the diffusion of U.S. recycling advocacy groups. While the literature on social movements has interpreted social mov...

Organizations are very important in social movements, but they are not the whole story. Social movements are exceedingly complex phenomena encompassing the actions of organizations and their members, the actions of nonmembers in activities planned by organizations, and the actions of nonmembers in activities that organizations have nothing to do with, and may even oppose. Crowds and diffuse col...

nowadays, organizations are trying to maximize productivity by groups, but the results are not always completely satisfactory thereby causing some problems for organizations such as social loafing. social loafing reduces motivation and effort in team work compared to individual work. this study intends to achieve the necessary mechanisms to reduce social loafing, and reviews the effect of perce...

throughout the evolution of organizational behavior sciences in recent years psychologists have this study has been done the aimed to evaluate the status of positive organizational behavior at cultural and industrial organizations of qom province with emphasis on social capital. the statistical population managers and employees of industrial and cultural organizations located in qom. the sample...

Microfinance is widely hailed as a sustainable approach to global poverty reduction, particularly among women who are over-represented among the world’s poor and often lack access to traditional labor markets and financial instruments. In this regard, evidence suggests that microfinance positively affects women’s empowerment, social capital, and economic conditions. However, there is considerab...