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On Celebrating the Organizational Identity Metaphor: A Rejoinder to Cornelissen
Author(s) -
Gioia Dennis A.,
Schultz Majken,
Corley Kevin G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8551.00243
Subject(s) - metaphor , reification (marxism) , organizational identity , identity (music) , epistemology , generative grammar , sociology , psychology , social psychology , political science , philosophy , law , organizational commitment , linguistics , aesthetics , politics
We disagree strongly with Cornelissen’s critique of the organizational identity metaphor on grounds that he: seriously underplays the generative strength of metaphor in the study of organizations; inappropriately applies the standards of assessment from one paradigm to the approaches of another; and raises false concerns about issues of self reference, reification and multilevel transference of concepts, among others.