TY - JOUR
AU - Finlay, William
AB - Identity concepts are powerful in part because they cut across individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis. Although analyses at different levels remain largely separate in the book, thinking about connections between organiza- tional and individual identities raises interesting questions. For example, the primary benefits of individual identification espoused in part 3 occur when individuals derive similar iden- tities from the organization. If the content of an organization's identity includes valuing diversity, can individuals then main- while with the tain unique individual identities identifying organization? If so, can these unique individual identities be considered an advantageous organizational resource, just as organizational identity is considered in part 2? Such questions illustrate both the potential of identity concepts to cut across levels of analysis and the wealth of ideas about identity that run throughout the book's conversations. For anyone contem- in is sure to be plating identity issues organizations, this book thought provoking. Jeffrey T. Polzer Associate Professor Harvard Business School Boston, MA 02163 REFERENCES Dutton, J., and J. Dukerich Elsbach, K., and R. M. Kramer Gioia, D. A., and J. B. Thomas 1991 "Keeping an eye on the mir- 1996 "Members' responses to 1996 "Identity, image and issue ror: Image 
TI - Book Reviews
JF - Administrative Science Quarterly
DO - 10.2307/2667114
DA - 2000-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/book-reviews-ED1lnU60X9
SP - 628
EP - 630
VL - 45
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -