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Identity Ambiguity

Identity Ambiguity is a construct in organizational identity theory that denotes the degree to which an organization’s core, distinctive, and enduring characteristics are unclear, inconsistent, or poorly defined, thereby distinguishing it from related constructs such as identity complexity or identity conflict by focusing specifically on the deficit of clarity in self-definition.

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11.3K

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195

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129

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2017–2026

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Publications

100

Identity Ambiguity and Change in the Wake of a Corporate Spin-off

Kevin G. Corley, Dennis A. Gioia · Administrative Science Quarterly · 2004 · 2.1K citations

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The Identity Crisis Within the IS Discipline: Defining and Communicating the Discipline’s Core Properties1

Zmud · MIS Quarterly · 2003 · 1.5K citations

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Knowledge Work: Ambiguity, Image and Identity

Mats Alvesson · Human Relations · 2001 · 855 citations

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Out of Sight But Not Out of Mind: Managing Invisible Social Identities in the Workplace

Judith A. Clair, Joy E. Beatty, Tammy MacLean · Academy of Management Review · 2005 · 841 citations

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Liminality and the practices of identity reconstruction

Nic Beech · Human Relations · 2010 · 558 citations

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Authors

195

  1. MA
    Michael A. Hogg

    Claremont Graduate University, United States

    3 publications · 122 citations

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  2. DA
    Dennis A. Gioia

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 2.6K citations

    3

    h-index

  3. JA
    Judith A. Clair

    Boston College, United States

    3 publications · 899 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. AM
    Ann Marie Ryan

    Michigan State University, United States

    2 publications · 64 citations

    2

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  5. HS
    Helen Stuart

    Australian Catholic University, Australia

    2 publications · 178 citations

    2

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Institutions

129

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    957 citations

  3. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    989 citations

  4. Brunel University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    834 citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    194 citations

  6. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    273 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

  8. Claremont Graduate University

    Claremont, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

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Venues

  1. Analysis

    9 publications · 452 citations

    9

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  2. Human Relations

    7 publications · 2.3K citations

    7

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  3. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 4 publications · 1K citations

    4

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  4. Strategic Organization

    SO · 3 publications · 89 citations

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  5. Symbolic Interaction

    2 publications · 176 citations

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