Values research generally confirms that personally held values influence an individual's decision processes and behavior. Yet this academic research often is limited to the individual or organizational level of analysis. This study utilizes social identity and personal values theories to search for the presence of superordinate identities emerging at the meso level from six different industries. The six selected industries—accounting, banking, construction, education, energy, and manufacturing—represent a mix of highly respected and disrespected industries, as well as industries that have an ethical professional association and those that do not. Results provide evidence of meso‐level superordinate identities, distinguishing managers' personal value orientations from a generalized population, and across the six selected industries. Implications emanating from this research for the human resource practitioners and academic scholars are discussed.

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寻找中层上级身份：评估六个行业的管理价值取向

价值观研究通常证实，个人持有的价值观会影响个人的决策过程和行为。然而，这项学术研究通常仅限于个人或组织层面的分析。这项研究利用社会认同和个人价值观理论来寻找来自六个不同行业的中观层次上层身份的出现。选定的六个行业-会计，银行，建筑，教育，能源和制造业-代表着备受推崇和不尊重的行业，以及具有道德专业协会的行业和没有道德专业协会的行业。结果提供了中层上级身份的证据，将管理人员的个人价值取向与广义人群以及六个选定行业区分开来。