TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test a mediated model of the relationship between self-concept orientation (individualist and collectivist) and organizational identification (OrgID, Cooper and Thatcher, 2010), with proposed mediators including the need for organizational identification (nOID, Glynn, 1998) as well as self-presentation concerns of social adjustment (SA) and value expression (VE, Highhouse et al., 2007).Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 509 participants in seven countries. Direct and mediation effects were tested using structural equation modeling (AMOS 25.0).Findings Individualist self-concept orientation was positively related to VE and collectivist self-concept orientation was positively related to nOID, VE and SA. VE mediated the relationship between both self-concept orientations and OrgID. In addition, nOID mediated the relationship for collectivist self-concept orientation.Practical implications This study identifies underlying psychological needs as mediators of the relationship of self-concept orientation to OrgID. Understanding these linkages enables employers to develop practices that resonate with the self-concept orientations and associated psychological needs of their employees, thereby enhancing OrgID.Originality/value This study provides a significant contribution to the OrgID literature by proposing and testing for relationships between self-concept orientations and OrgID as mediated by underlying psychological needs. The results provide support for the mediated model as well as many of Cooper and Thatcher’s (2010) theoretical propositions, with notable exceptions.
VL  - 33
IS  - 4/5
SN  - 0268-3946
DO  - 10.1108/JMP-09-2017-0293
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-09-2017-0293
AU  - Guo Chun
AU  - Miller Jane K.
AU  - Woodard Melissa S.
AU  - Miller Daniel J.
AU  - Silvernail Kirk D.
AU  - Aydin Mehmet Devrim
AU  - Lemos Ana Heloisa da Costa
AU  - Kumpikaite-Valiuniene Vilmante
AU  - Nair Sudhir
AU  - Donnelly Paul F.
AU  - Marx Robert D.
AU  - Peters Linda M.
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Self-concept orientation and organizational identification: a mediated relationship
T2  - Journal of Managerial Psychology
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 358
EP  - 371
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -