Identity matters to individuals: Group assessment cannot be reduced to collective performance

Catherine Belzung (1) , Etienne Billette de Villemeur (2) , Anouk Grevin (3) , Gennaro Iorio

1 iBraiN - Imaging, Brain & Neuropsychiatry
2 LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221
3 LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique

Although we agree that both identification and differentiation play a key role in explaining individual behaviour in groups, we suggest that (1) cohesion and differentiation should be better articulated, (2) the proposal carries implicit value choices that are not necessarily universal, and (3) the success of a group in shaping individual behaviour should refer to the values of individual members.

Mots clés: identification and differentiation; individual behaviour in groups; identity

Domaines: Economies et finances

Catherine Belzung, Etienne Billette de Villemeur, Anouk Grevin, Gennaro Iorio. Identity matters to individuals: Group assessment cannot be reduced to collective performance. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2016, 39, ⟨10.1017/s0140525x15001272⟩. ⟨hal-01533527⟩