Chapter 7: Matching Quiz

Complete the exercise below by matching the key term to the appropriate definition.

Question

identity
authenticity
identity regulation
identity work
struggler
consumption
personal brand
surfer
stencil
soldier
Articulating how and in what ways differences among members will be valued.
An image of identity in which the individual willingly embraces the preferred organizational identity.
An image of identity that views individuals as copies or templates of a preferred organizational identity.
A cultural practice of purchasing and using cultural artifacts to craft a self.
The value-added commodity that one becomes through the consumption of products, services, knowledge, and so on.
An image of identity that is dependent on existing but shifting and unstable discourses.
How individuals position themselves in the world through language and action.
The process of negotiating the identities that have been largely defined by organizational discourses.
An image of identity characterized by basic conflict and contradictory forces.
Being real and honest in how we live and work with others.