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- Title
- Identity management as a goal-oriented response to stigma communication at work : a self-regulation perspective
- Creator
- Chatterjee, Deepshikha
- Date
- 2018
- Collection
- Electronic Theses & Dissertations
- Description
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In responding to stigma communication at work, people are often under the influence of environmental constraints that may significantly curtail the availability of different identity management strategies. This dissertation highlights that identity management in workplace settings should be seen as a goal-driven and norm-guided response. I present a conceptual model that opens up the black box of why people choose to accept or challenge stigma communication at work by integrating identity...
Show moreIn responding to stigma communication at work, people are often under the influence of environmental constraints that may significantly curtail the availability of different identity management strategies. This dissertation highlights that identity management in workplace settings should be seen as a goal-driven and norm-guided response. I present a conceptual model that opens up the black box of why people choose to accept or challenge stigma communication at work by integrating identity management and stigma literatures with self-regulation literature. Three multi-method studies were crafted. It was found that work environments indeed constrain possible identity management strategies in response to stigma communication. Under the press of self-enhancement goals women were more likely to accept stigma communication, and accepting stigma communication was implicated in higher levels of depletion and strain. Further, women were (a) more likely to choose accepting identity management strategies when stigma was communicated by their supervisors and clients, (b) less likely to challenge when clients communicated stigma, and (c) more likely to use challenge identity management strategies when they had high levels of coping self-efficacy, and also when they were high on promotion focus. Future research questions and practical recommendations are presented to help practitioners harness the value of diversity in organizations.
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- Title
- The effect of time pressure on creative performance : role of intellect & affect
- Creator
- Chatterjee, Deepshikha
- Date
- 2016
- Collection
- Electronic Theses & Dissertations
- Description
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Organizations often assume that creative performance can unfold under time constraints; however, creative performance literature has tended to theorize time pressure as a stressor that inhibits creativity. The current study was proposed to understand whether or not individuals can be creative under time pressure, and to study the role of affective states as mediators in the relationship between time pressure and creative performance. Intellect, a facet of Openness, was examined as a moderator...
Show moreOrganizations often assume that creative performance can unfold under time constraints; however, creative performance literature has tended to theorize time pressure as a stressor that inhibits creativity. The current study was proposed to understand whether or not individuals can be creative under time pressure, and to study the role of affective states as mediators in the relationship between time pressure and creative performance. Intellect, a facet of Openness, was examined as a moderator in this relationship. Results showed that Intellect failed to moderate the relationship between time pressure and affect. Furthermore, when creative performance was studied as creative performance behaviors and creative outcome effectiveness, differential findings emerge for key relationships. Negative affect, but not positive affect, mediated the relationship between time pressure and creative outcome effectiveness, but neither negative nor positive affect mediated the relationship between time pressure and creative performance behaviors. In addition, while high-perceived time pressure was related to negative affective states, it was not related to reduced positive state affect. Additionally, positive affect, as opposed to negative affect, was related to higher quantity and quality of ideas generated. Together these findings show that there is an indication that the effects of time pressure on creative performance vary depending on the type of affective state induced by time pressure. These results further shed light on the mixed findings in affect and creative performance literature and highlight the importance of studying process mechanisms rather than just limiting ourselves to an understanding of main effects.
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