Self-Definition: The Impact of the Relative Performance and Similarity of Others

Tesser, Abraham; Campbell, Jennifer L.

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“…Individuals even may redefine a dimension as less central to the self if they learn that others are superior on that dimension (Tesser, 1986;Tesser & Campbell, 1980).…”

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Theory and research concerning social comparisons of personal attributes.

Wood

1989

Psychological Bulletin

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Social comparison theory has evolved considerably since Festinger (1954) originally proposed it. This article integrates these changes with insights offered by recent social comparison studies and by research on social cognition and the self. Contrary to the original theory or subsequent research, (a) the individual is not always an unbiased self-evaluator but may seek many goals through social comparison; (b) the social environment may not be inactive but may impose unwanted comparisons; and (c) the comparison process involves more than selecting a comparison target: It is bidirectional, rather than unidirectional, and it may adopt a variety of forms to meet the individual's goals. Research involving comparisons of personal attributes illustrates these principles.The author is grateful to several people who provided very helpful critiques of previous drafts of this article:

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“…Individuals even may redefine a dimension as less central to the self if they learn that others are superior on that dimension (Tesser, 1986;Tesser & Campbell, 1980).…”

Section: Selection Of Comparison Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Theory and research concerning social comparisons of personal attributes.

Wood

1989

Psychological Bulletin

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“…Given that pursuing a managerial career requires a significant time investment (Stone & Lovejoy, 2004), this reasoning also suggests that with time and experience, women leaders increasingly value their leader identity. Self-enhancement motives, whereby individuals assign a greater importance to domains in which they are successful (Taylor & Brown, 1988;Tesser & Campbell, 1980), further suggest that women's positive view of the "leaders" social category is coextensive with their leadership experience. We thus formulate the following hypothesis:…”

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Identity Challenges of Women Leaders: Antecedents and Consequences of Identity Interference

Karelaia

Guillén

2011

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. We explore the antecedents and consequences of women leaders' identity interference related to the perceived conflict between their roles as both women and leaders. Drawing on identity development and organizational demography research, we propose that leadership experience reduces women leaders' identity interference, whereas women's numerical underrepresentation in organizations exacerbates it. Moreover, we hypothesize that identity processes related to collective self-esteem-personal regard for one's collective identity and the perception of others' views of it-mediate these effects. A sample of 722 women leaders representing a diverse range of countries and industries supported our Terms of use: Documents inhypotheses. We also demonstrate that identity interference reduces the psychological well-being of women leaders and undermines their affective motivation to lead. In contrast, perceived conflict between leader and female

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“…Several experiments have found that the value subjects place on activities depends upon how well they perform relative to peers -rather than how well they perform absolutely (see Tesser andCampbell (1980, 1982)). Additionally, recent work by Marsh and coauthors argues that students find it harder to achieve high self-esteem through a focus on academics when peer academic ability is higher (see especially Marsh (2008) and Seaton et al (2009)).…”

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Value Formation: The Role of Esteem

Akerlof

2017

Games and Economic Behavior

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Self-Definition: The Impact of the Relative Performance and Similarity of Others

Cited by 173 publications

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Theory and research concerning social comparisons of personal attributes.

Theory and research concerning social comparisons of personal attributes.

Identity Challenges of Women Leaders: Antecedents and Consequences of Identity Interference

Value Formation: The Role of Esteem

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