The Rise and Fall of Collective Identity: Understanding Antecedents and Inhibitors of Social Identification in Distributed Teams

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dc.contributor.author Mccarthy, Stephen
dc.contributor.author O'Raghallaigh, Paidi
dc.contributor.author Fitzgerald, Ciara
dc.contributor.author Adam, Frédéric
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-24T19:04:52Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-24T19:04:52Z
dc.date.issued 2021-01-05
dc.description.abstract The diverse backgrounds of distributed team members can pose unique challenges during decision-making processes. Notable of these is the gradual emergence of social identities, where individuals seek to form new social groupings within the temporal context of a project. However, our understanding of social identity within distributed teams remains nascent. Drawing on Social Identity Theory (SIT) and in-depth case study findings, we investigate the impact of social identity on decision-making in a distributed healthcare systems development team. Contrary to SIT, we see the dissolution of distinct social groupings and rise of individualism within the project. Based on our findings, we discover five inhibitors which can impede social identification in distributed teams: role ambiguity, absence of a collective vision, transfer of ownership, lack of shared history, and incompatible personalities. We extend SIT to include antecedents of collective identities (e.g. distinctiveness, prestige, salience of out-group), as well as inhibitors which foster individualism.
dc.format.extent 10 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2021.066
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-4-0
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/70677
dc.language.iso English
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Emerging Issues in e-Collaboration Distributed Group Decision-Making: Opportunities and Challenges
dc.subject decision-making
dc.subject distributed collaboration
dc.subject distributed teams
dc.subject social identity theory
dc.subject systems development
dc.title The Rise and Fall of Collective Identity: Understanding Antecedents and Inhibitors of Social Identification in Distributed Teams
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