The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Identity

What happens when you take one of the most fundamental concepts in social science and apply it to one of the most ubiquitous forms of human collectives? This handbook strives to answer this question by exploring what has become a “root construct” in the field of management and organization studies: organizational identity (OI). The handbook provides a road-map to the OI field, both theoretically and methodologically, across seven sections: 1) Mapping the Organizational Identity Field; 2) Critical Perspectives on Organizational Identity; 3) Integrative Models of Organizational Identity; 4) How Individuals Relate to Organizational Identity; 5) Sources and Processes of Organizational Identity; 6) Identity and the Organization’s Environment; and 7) Implications of Organizational Identity. Each chapter not only offers a broad overview of its particular topic but also advances new knowledge and discusses the future of research in its area of focus. The handbook is introduced and concluded by the four editors who invite the reader to join the future development of OI.