TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational identification among virtual workers
T2 - The role of need for affiliation and perceived work-based social support
AU - Wiesenfeld, Batia M.
AU - Raghuram, Sumita
AU - Garud, Raghu
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Caroline Bartel, K. Michele Kacmar, and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. This study was funded, in part, by a grant from the SHRM Foundation. The interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations, however, are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the foundation.
PY - 2001/3
Y1 - 2001/3
N2 - Organizational identification, which reflects how individuals define the self with respect to their organization, may be called into question in the context of virtual work. Virtual work increases employees' isolation and independence, threatening to fragment the organization. This study finds that virtual workers' need for affiliation and the work-based social support they experience are countervailing forces associated with stronger organizational identification. Furthermore, perceived work-based social support moderates the relationship between virtual workers' need for affiliation and their strength of organizational identification. Thus, when work-based social support is high, even workers with lower need for affiliation may strongly identify with the organization.
AB - Organizational identification, which reflects how individuals define the self with respect to their organization, may be called into question in the context of virtual work. Virtual work increases employees' isolation and independence, threatening to fragment the organization. This study finds that virtual workers' need for affiliation and the work-based social support they experience are countervailing forces associated with stronger organizational identification. Furthermore, perceived work-based social support moderates the relationship between virtual workers' need for affiliation and their strength of organizational identification. Thus, when work-based social support is high, even workers with lower need for affiliation may strongly identify with the organization.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0149-2063(00)00096-9
DO - 10.1016/S0149-2063(00)00096-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0005239645
SN - 0149-2063
VL - 27
SP - 213
EP - 229
JO - Journal of Management
JF - Journal of Management
IS - 2
ER -