Putting Employees in Their Place: The Impact of Hot Desking on Organizational and Team Identification Export

@article{citeulike:1538773, abstract = {A study of employees in the finance industry tested the propositions (a) that work team identity is more salient than organizational identity when desks are assigned, whereas organizational identity is more salient when they are not; and (b) that this is partly because physical arrangements have a significant bearing on the way in which employees engage with the organization as well as who they are most likely to engage with (i.e., impacting on the type and focus of organizational participation). The study measured levels of work team and organizational identity in matched samples of employees (N=142) assigned to desks and not assigned (i.e., hot desked), as well as their perceptions of the use, importance, and effectiveness of electronic and face-to-face communication as indicators of different types of organizational participation. Results support the hypotheses. The perceived value of electronic communication also accounted for significant variance in organizational identification for all employees. Findings point to a number of practical implications relating to the use of hot desking in the workplace. 10.1287/orsc.1070.0265}, author = {Millward, Lynne J. and Haslam, Alexander S. and Postmes, Tom}, citeulike-article-id = {1538773}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1070.0265}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://orgsci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/4/547}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1287/orsc.1070.0265}, journal = {ORGANIZATION SCIENCE}, keywords = {identification, organization, physical, space}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {547--559}, posted-at = {2007-08-06 23:26:32}, priority = {2}, title = {Putting Employees in Their Place: The Impact of Hot Desking on Organizational and Team Identification}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1070.0265}, volume = {18}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1538773 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1538773 N2 - A study of employees in the finance industry tested the propositions (a) that work team identity is more salient than organizational identity when desks are assigned, whereas organizational identity is more salient when they are not; and (b) that this is partly because physical arrangements have a significant bearing on the way in which employees engage with the organization as well as who they are most likely to engage with (i.e., impacting on the type and focus of organizational participation). The study measured levels of work team and organizational identity in matched samples of employees (N=142) assigned to desks and not assigned (i.e., hot desked), as well as their perceptions of the use, importance, and effectiveness of electronic and face-to-face communication as indicators of different types of organizational participation. Results support the hypotheses. The perceived value of electronic communication also accounted for significant variance in organizational identification for all employees. Findings point to a number of practical implications relating to the use of hot desking in the workplace. 10.1287/orsc.1070.0265 IS - 4 JF - ORGANIZATION SCIENCE EP - 559 TI - Putting Employees in Their Place: The Impact of Hot Desking on Organizational and Team Identification VL - 18 SP - 547 KW - identification KW - organization KW - physical KW - space AU - Millward, Lynne AU - Haslam, Alexander AU - Postmes, Tom PY - 2007/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1070.0265 ER -