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Conceptualization, Antecedents and Outcomes of Individual Work Identity: An Examination from the Social Identity Perspective
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Despite an expanding body of research aimed at understanding the role of work in self-definition, individual work identity research is fragmented due to inconsistent and incongruent application and interpretation of a range of identity theories as they apply to the study of organizations (Pratt...
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Preference for Autonomy in Consumer Decision Making: On the Antecedents and the Consequences of Consumers' Relinquishment of Decision Control to Surrogates
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This dissertation investigates the psychological processes relevant to consumers’ relinquishment of decision control to surrogates (e.g., physician, financial advisor). While the first essay investigates the antecedents of relinquishing decision control to surrogates, the second essay focuses on...