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Area of Science:

  • Organizational Psychology
  • Workplace Behavior
  • Social Identity Theory

Background:

  • Employees engage in identity work (IW) daily to manage their sense of self at work.
  • Organizations significantly influence and provide the context for this identity work.
  • A gap exists in understanding employees' perceptions of organizational support for identity work.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conceptualize and operationalize "identity work support perceptions" (IWSP).
  • To develop and validate a scale measuring IWSP across four dimensions: cognitive, discursive, behavioral, and physical.
  • To examine the relationship between IWSP and workplace outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Scale development using seven empirical samples, including subject matter experts and employed adults.
  • Reliability testing (e.g., internal consistency).
  • Validity assessments (content, convergent, discriminant) and predictive ability analysis.

Main Results:

  • The developed IWSP scale demonstrated strong reliability and validity.
  • IWSP was found to incrementally predict attitudinal and behavioral outcomes.
  • Four dimensions of IWSP were identified: cognitive, discursive, behavioral, and physical.

Conclusions:

  • Employees' perceptions of organizational support for identity work are measurable and significant.
  • Organizations can foster positive employee outcomes by supporting identity work.
  • The IWSP scale offers a valuable tool for future research and organizational practice.