The Self-Concept in Organizational Psychology: Clarifying and Differentiating the Constructs

In this chapter we provide a fairly comprehensive overview of research conducted by organizational psychologists and management researchers relating to the self-concept, with special attention to the differences in self-concept domains under investigation. We introduce the theories and perspectives on self-concept, followed by a categorization of the various types of self-concept variables. We then review studies that focused on self-concept variables in the literature of organizational behavior/psychology since 2004. In particular, we focus on three of the most researched self-constructs: self efficacy, self-esteem, and self-construal (i.e., identity and identification). The review for each self-construct is further organized by cognate constructs (e.g., global self-esteem vs. organization-based self-esteem), with conclusions and suggestions for future research at the end of each section. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)