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Linking Ethnic Identification to Organisational Solidarity

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This paper investigates the process through which ethnic identification (EI) influences employees’ sense of organisational solidarity (OS). A survey of 1525 employees working in different ministries of a state government in Nigeria was collected and analysed by means of a regression to investigate EI-OS relationships. As expected, EI was a significant determinant of OS with co-worker social support explaining the rationale for EI-OS relationship. The conceptualisation of OS as a composite construct that manifest in employees’ self-efficacy, organisational self-identity and employee voice behaviours is novel. The study provides evidence from an under researched area to further generalise existing debates.

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  • Dennis Gabriel Pepple, 2020. "Linking Ethnic Identification to Organisational Solidarity," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 113-128, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:porgrv:v:20:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s11115-018-00431-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11115-018-00431-3
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