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In Search of Authenticity*
Author(s) -
Peterson Richard A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00533.x
Subject(s) - salience (neuroscience) , authentication (law) , sociology , work (physics) , epistemology , social psychology , aesthetics , psychology , computer science , cognitive psychology , philosophy , computer security , engineering , mechanical engineering
After showing that authenticity is socially constructed rather than an attribute of that which is called authentic, we examine the authenticity work involved in claiming authenticity and discuss the processes of authentication. We then explore the situations in which the quest for authenticity makes for change and conclude by showing that the salience of authenticity can change.