Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | (In-Press) |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Public Organization Review |
| Volume | (In-Press) |
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| Publication status | Published - 17 Dec 2018 |
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Keywords
- Ethnic identification
- Co-worker social support
- Nigeria
- Organisational solidarity
- Public sector