Under Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities

Abstract

I review and reconceptualize identity threat, defining it as an experience appraised as indicating potential harm to the value, meanings, or enactment of an identity. I also develop a theoretical model and propositions that generate insights into how individuals respond to identity threats originating from a range of sources. I use this theory to explore individual and organizational consequences of different identity threat responses and their implications for research on identity dynamics within organizations.

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Jennifer Louise Petriglieri (2011). Under Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities. Academy of Management Review. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2009.0087

@article{louise2011under,
  title  = {Under Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities},
  author = {Petriglieri, Jennifer Louise},
  year   = {2011},
  journal = {Academy of Management Review},
  doi    = {10.5465/amr.2009.0087}
}

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