TY - JOUR
T1 - On Celebrating the Organizational Identity Metaphor
T2 - A Rejoinder to Cornelissen
AU - Gioia, Dennis
AU - Schultz, Majken
AU - Corley, Kevin G.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8551.00243
DO - 10.1111/1467-8551.00243
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1045-3172
VL - 13
SP - 269
EP - 275
JO - British Journal of Management
JF - British Journal of Management
IS - 3
ER -