Despite longstanding interest in organizational psychology and organizational behavior (OP/OB), research that incorporates nonconscious (e.g., unconscious, subconscious) processes into their core arguments remains relatively scant. We argue that this is unfortunate (a) given the large role that...

An ethnographic study of a network marketing organization examines the practices and processes involved in managing members' organizational identification. Specifically, it argues that this organization manages identification by using two types of practices: sensebreaking practices that break...

Although research has shown that there may be very different types of workplace crimes, scholarly work in this area (a) is currently fragmented with very little communication between very similar streams of research and (b) tends to be incomplete and can lead to conflicting findings. We address...

A growing literature explores the notion of constructive deviance conceptualized as behaviors that depart from the norms of the reference group such that they benefit the reference group and conform to hypernorms. We argue that constructive deviance is an umbrella term that encompasses several...

An ethnography explores the role of religious values and beliefs in building an "ideological fortress": a worldview that is seemingly impervious to attack. Specifically, this study develops the metaphor of an ideological fortress and how spirituality serves as "bricks," "wall," and "mortar" in...

Drawing on insights from organizational behavior and theory, we examine the phenomenon of multiple organizational identities and how they can be managed in organizations. Specifically, we suggest that multiple organizational identities can be managed by changing the number of (identity...