This article examines how national identity influences organizational identity. The interactions and influences between these two identity levels have been underexplored in the identity literature. However, given the national and geographical anchoring of businesses, national identity plausibly influences both their behavior and their organizational identity. This article presents a qualitative case study of the organizational identity of four family-run Algerian businesses, leaders in their respective industries. It theorizes a process model explaining the influence of national identity on organizational identity through three identity mechanisms: protection, justification, and adaptation. The findings suggest that organizational identity can be a social affirmation response whereby businesses demarcate their role in a challenging institutional context. This work opens new research avenues in this field by highlighting the interactions and influences that characterize these two dimensions of identity in a country actively engaged in the identity formation process, which exemplifies a dynamic and complex institutional context.
L’innovation gouvernementale constitue une piste privilégiée de résolution des problèmes rencontrés par le secteur public en perspective de sa modernisation. Cet article s’intéresse à l’innovation comme moteur de modernisation durable dans les organisations publiques, et ce, précisément au regard de l’expérience de mise en place de la plateforme de collaboration et de participation gouvernementale au Québec, qui semble réunir les préalables, les outils et les mécanismes nécessaires à son application dans le secteur public Algérien. Sur la base d’une approche qualitative et au moyen d’une démarche d’analyse processuelle, l’étude montre, à travers le cas de l’organisation publique algérienne, que cette innovation regroupe les instruments et mécanismes permettant son intégration comme moteur de modernisation de l’administration d’un pays émergent. Codes JEL : H83, O30, O31, O32, O33, O38
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