Identification Theory in Organizational Communication

Identification Theory in Organizational Communication
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Table of Contents
 TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc350337230"Introduction  PAGEREF _Toc350337230 \h
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc350337231"The development of the identification theory  PAGEREF _Toc350337231 \h
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc350337232"Literature review  PAGEREF _Toc350337232 \h
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc350337233"The categories of organizational identification  PAGEREF _Toc350337233 \h
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc350337234"Adoption of the identification theory  PAGEREF _Toc350337234 \h
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc350337235"Conclusion  PAGEREF _Toc350337235 \h
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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc350337236"References  PAGEREF _Toc350337236 \h
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Introduction
The success of an organization greatly relies on the behavior of the employees. This behavior is a result of strength and the power of the identity of the organization as well as the employee identification. The continuity and centrality of the employee identification seems to influence the attitude knowledge and the behavior of the employees. However, the continuity behavior is negative. Therefore, the employee identification is subject to behavior, centrality and the perception of the external prestige. It is therefore the duty of the managers to articulate the organizations’ central values as objective would stimulate high levels of identification.
Organizational identification theory addresses how the self-concepts of the employees affect the attachments made in the work place. Further it looks into how the attachments at the work place affect the employees’ self-concepts. On the grounds of symbolic interactions (Heath, 2005), the theory puts into consideration the manner in which language, meaning and thoughts would constitute the employees’ sense of belonging to the organization. Further there is the consideration of how the current processes of establishing identification would facilitate an organization’s patterns of control. Research done on multiple organizational disciplines from various methodological and theoretical perspectives indicates that identification is a process as well as a product of interactions. The theory of organizational identification was initially formulated in the 1980s by the scholars George Cheney and Philip Tompkins. They suggest that workplaces are not mere avenues for accomplishing labor and tasks. However, it is a place where participation is a way of life that is important to individuals in that it helps them reinforce their preferred senses of the persons they are.
Therefore, here in is the report on the identification theory by George and Philip. The work elaborates on the relationship between the organization communication and the identification theory (Heath, 2005). The discussion further extends to how they came up with the theory and its organization. Various organizations have adopted the theory. Su...