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Collective identity construction in international collaborations
Journal of General Management Pub Date : 2020-04-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0306307019886181
Ying Zhang , Chris Huxham 1
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This article explores the dynamic processes of collective identity formation among the participating organizational members in interorganizational collaborations that cross national boundaries. A longitudinal, qualitative multi-case study research approach was adopted in the empirical investigation of collective identity in three international business collaborations that involve a Sino-British strategic partnership, a Sino-Australian, and a Sino-Polish joint venture. Based on the analyses of the data collected from in-depth interviews, participant observation, and archival materials, a theoretical framework of collective identity (re)formation is developed. It suggests that two inseparable elements (states and processes) constitute a cyclic and enduring process of collective identity formation through partners’ orchestrating discursive resources involving a common sense of ‘we-ness’. The shifts between various states are driven by partners’ processes of negotiation, integration, solidification, and reformation of collective identity. A deconstruction process may also emerge, giving rise to the termination of the collaborative relationship. The research presented in this article advances the understanding of collective identity formation in the field of organizational identity by extending the discursive perspective of collective identity into the context of interorganizational collaborations that cross national borders. This research also provides further empirical evidence on the active role played by organizational members in the use of cultural narratives as strategic resources to express their identity beliefs, which differs from the deterministic view of culture in shaping organizational members’ behaviors.

中文翻译:

国际合作中的集体身份建构

本文探讨了跨国界跨组织合作中参与组织成员之间集体认同形成的动态过程。在涉及中英战略伙伴关系、中澳和中波合资企业的三个国际商业合作中,集体认同的实证调查采用了纵向、定性的多案例研究方法。基于对深度访谈、参与者观察和档案材料收集的数据的分析,形成了集体认同(重新)形成的理论框架。它表明,两个不可分割的元素(状态和过程)构成了一个循环的、持久的集体认同形成过程,通过合作伙伴编排涉及“我们”常识的话语资源。不同国家之间的转变是由合作伙伴的协商、整合、固化和集体认同改革的过程驱动的。解构过程也可能出现,导致合作关系的终止。本文提出的研究通过将集体认同的话语视角扩展到跨越国界的组织间合作的背景中,促进了对组织认同领域中集体认同形成的理解。
更新日期:2020-04-01
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