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Why Don’t We Talk Anymore? Identity and Status Constraints to Cross-disciplinary Conversation

Why Don’t We Talk Anymore? Identity and Status Constraints to Cross-disciplinary Conversation. Brayden King Northwestern University August 7, 2009. Identity and status. Identity

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Why Don’t We Talk Anymore? Identity and Status Constraints to Cross-disciplinary Conversation

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  1. Why Don’t We Talk Anymore? Identity and Status Constraints to Cross-disciplinary Conversation Brayden King Northwestern University August 7, 2009 Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago IL; Intended to Provoke Discussion

  2. Identity and status • Identity • Social identity refers to a person’s membership in a group; connotes that a person gets self-worth from group membership • Attached to particular audiences and expectations • Status • position of esteem or prestige Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago IL; Intended to Provoke Discussion

  3. Constraints on cross-disciplinary conversation • Different theoretical vocabularies • Selective interpretation of disciplinary perspectives • Different empirical cultures • Boundary work • Intra-disciplinary status constraints Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago IL; Intended to Provoke Discussion

  4. How then should interdisciplinary conversation proceed? • Elite or nonthreatening brokers • Combined with political skill • Non-disciplinary forums • Bumpy conversations are better than nothing! Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago IL; Intended to Provoke Discussion

  5. Potential contributions? • From economists to sociologists • Utility functions of status; heterogeneous preferences for status attainment • Origin of status/network positions • From sociologists to economists • Identity and status as sources of motivation; supplement (not replacement for) to high-powered incentives • Sources of market inefficiency Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago IL; Intended to Provoke Discussion

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