#BlackEmployeesMatter: 重大威胁、身份融合与组织中的积极偏差行为

#BlackEmployeesMatter: Mega-Threats, Identity Fusion, and Enacting Positive Deviance in Organizations

Academy of Management Review · 2019
被引 175
人大 A+FT50UTD24ABS 4*

中文导读

研究重大社会事件(如针对黑人的暴力事件)如何通过身份融合影响少数族裔员工的工作行为,包括积极发声和关系搭建,并探讨组织因素(如领导关怀、包容氛围)的调节作用。

Abstract

Despite recognizing the importance of events, researchers have rarely explored the influence of broader societal events on employee experiences and behaviors at work. We integrate perspectives on events and social identities to develop a cross-level theoretical model of the spillover effects of mega-threats, which we define as negative, large-scale, diversity-related episodes that receive significant media attention. With a focus on highly publicized instances of violence enacted against Black Americans by law enforcement as the mega-threat under study, we propose that the coupling of intrapsychic and group-level processes that occur as a result of a mega-threat leads minorities to experience identity fusion that involves the blurring of organizational and social identities through both affective and cognitive pathways. We further propose that identity fusion compels minorities to engage in task and relational positively deviant behaviors: progroup voice and relational bridging. We also propose that factors within the organizational context, including leader compassion, organizational climate for inclusion, and organizational demography, serve to empower minority employees, heightening the functional outcomes of mega-threats.

重大威胁身份融合积极偏差行为组织溢出效应