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Can you be yourself in business? How reminders of business affect the perceived value of authenticity

Can you be yourself in business? How reminders of business affect the perceived value of authenticity
Can you be yourself in business? How reminders of business affect the perceived value of authenticity
Authenticity is generally beneficial to employees and organizations, but do business students believe that the business world affords it? On the one hand, business may be regarded as incompatible with authenticity, as it is arguably ruled largely by etiquette, norms, and conventions that leave little room to be one's true self (hindering role). On the other hand, business may be seen as promoting authenticity, as it is arguably based largely on creativity, initiative, and independence that provide opportunities to thrive by being one's true self (facilitating role). We proposed that business students would be more likely to endorse the facilitating role of authenticity. We hypothesized, in particular, that mere reminders of business (i.e., primes) would raise the general value of authenticity, but only among those who dispositionally value authenticity less (than more). Results of two experiments were consistent with the hypothesis. We discuss theoretical, managerial, and educational implications.
0021-9029
448-458
Kokkoris, M.D.
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Sedikides, C.
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Kokkoris, M.D.
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Sedikides, C.
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Kokkoris, M.D. and Sedikides, C. (2019) Can you be yourself in business? How reminders of business affect the perceived value of authenticity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 49 (7), 448-458. (doi:10.1111/jasp.12596).

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Authenticity is generally beneficial to employees and organizations, but do business students believe that the business world affords it? On the one hand, business may be regarded as incompatible with authenticity, as it is arguably ruled largely by etiquette, norms, and conventions that leave little room to be one's true self (hindering role). On the other hand, business may be seen as promoting authenticity, as it is arguably based largely on creativity, initiative, and independence that provide opportunities to thrive by being one's true self (facilitating role). We proposed that business students would be more likely to endorse the facilitating role of authenticity. We hypothesized, in particular, that mere reminders of business (i.e., primes) would raise the general value of authenticity, but only among those who dispositionally value authenticity less (than more). Results of two experiments were consistent with the hypothesis. We discuss theoretical, managerial, and educational implications.

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Accepted/In Press date: 15 April 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 May 2019
Published date: July 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 430458
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430458
ISSN: 0021-9029
PURE UUID: 4dfb36f2-8fcc-4521-a4a6-e606ed87c27e
ORCID for C. Sedikides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X

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Date deposited: 01 May 2019 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 07:47

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Author: M.D. Kokkoris
Author: C. Sedikides ORCID iD

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