Sketching the Contours of State Authenticity

Sedikides, Constantine; Lenton, Alison P.; Slabu, Letitia; Thomaes, Sander

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“…Previous literature on authentic self-expression has predominantly relied on self-reported perceptions of authenticity as (i) a state of feeling authentic 24 , or (ii) a judgement about the honesty or consistency of one's self 25 . However, such selfreported measures have been shown to be biased by valence states, and social desirability 26,27 .…”

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Authentic self-expression on social media is associated with greater subjective well-being

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Social media users face a tension between presenting themselves in an idealized or authentic way. Here, we explore how prioritizing one over the other impacts users’ well-being. We estimate the degree of self-idealized vs. authentic self-expression as the proximity between a user’s self-reported personality and the automated personality judgements made on the basis Facebook Likes and status updates. Analyzing data of 10,560 Facebook users, we find that individuals who are more authentic in their self-expression also report greater Life Satisfaction. This effect appears consistent across different personality profiles, countering the proposition that individuals with socially desirable personalities benefit from authentic self-expression more than others. We extend this finding in a pre-registered, longitudinal experiment, demonstrating the causal relationship between authentic posting and positive affect and mood on a within-person level. Our findings suggest that the extent to which social media use is related to well-being depends on how individuals use it.

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“…The findings contribute to the study of authenticity. Specifically, we added to antecedents of authenticity (Sedikides et al, , ) by examining whether a business context is perceived by a specific population, business students, as facilitating authenticity. Moreover, unlike prior research focusing on what makes people experience authenticity, we examined what makes people value authenticity.…”

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“…Do they perceive business as promoting or as blocking authenticity? Whereas some research has examined circumstances under which individuals are likely to experience higher or lower levels of authenticity (Sedikides, Lenton, Slabu, & Thomaes, ), there is a gap of knowledge regarding perceptions of authenticity in business, a gap that we aspire to narrow.…”

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“…It is not known, however, to what extent people spontaneously associate the world of business with authenticity. A line of research has examined conditions under which individuals experience authenticity—both intrapersonal (e.g., positive mood, satisfaction of the need for autonomy, positivity of a recalled behavior) and interpersonal (e.g., acting out personality traits, expressing personal values, interacting with strangers on the Internet)—but these studies were concerned with state authenticity, that is, the experience of being one's true self in the here and now (Sedikides et al, , ), and not particularly in a business context. Other research has examined how specific types of business can come across as authentic, such as family business (Lude & Prügl, ), or business activities related to social engagement (van Rekom, Go, & Calter, ) and corporate social responsibility (Alhouti, Johnson, & Holloway, ; Mazutis & Slawinski, ; McShane & Cunningham, ).…”

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Can you be yourself in business? How reminders of business affect the perceived value of authenticity

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2019

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Authenticity is generally beneficial to employees and organizations, but do business students believe that the business world affords it? On the one hand, business may be regarded as incompatible with authenticity, as it is arguably ruled largely by etiquette, norms, and conventions that leave little room to be one's true self (hindering role). On the other hand, business may be seen as promoting authenticity, as it is arguably based largely on creativity, initiative, and independence that provide opportunities to thrive by being one's true self (facilitating role). We proposed that business students would be more likely to endorse the facilitating role of authenticity. We hypothesized, in particular, that mere reminders of business (i.e., primes) would raise the general value of authenticity, but only among those who dispositionally value authenticity less (than more). Results of two experiments were consistent with the hypothesis. We discuss theoretical, managerial, and educational implications. | 449 KOKKORIS and SEdIKIdES romantic relationships (Brunell et al.

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“…It is of course useful to spot which other people use deception as a social strategy, or just people who are basically phony. This line of work has not been all that productive, however: Stable individual differences in authenticity seem to have little impact or traction, such as affecting behavior (see W. S. Ryan & Ryan, 2019;Sedikides et al, 2019).…”

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Stalking the True Self Through the Jungles of Authenticity: Problems, Contradictions, Inconsistencies, Disturbing Findings—and a Possible Way Forward

Baumeister

2019

Review of General Psychology

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Research on authenticity frequently invokes notions of true self, but is there such thing? The question must be answered twice, given frequent confusion and conflation of self with self-concept. Summarizing and integrating themes from authenticity research as evident in this special issue, I draw these conclusions. True self-concepts are more plausible than genuinely true selves, if the latter are independent entities distinct from actual behavior and experience. Yet rather than a single true self-concept, people have multiple nonfalse ones, none of which is entirely true. Among these, the pragmatically most important is the desired reputation, given the social-cultural orientation of humankind. Desired reputation is more a guide and goal than a reality, but successes and failures at achieving that reputation will produce welcome and unwelcome feelings that are likely reported as feeling authentic and inauthentic (respectively). Understanding authenticity in this way solves some of the perennial problems that beset research and theory on authenticity, especially positive distortion and external rather than internal orientation.

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Sketching the Contours of State Authenticity

Cited by 65 publications

References 141 publications

Authentic self-expression on social media is associated with greater subjective well-being

Authentic self-expression on social media is associated with greater subjective well-being

Can you be yourself in business? How reminders of business affect the perceived value of authenticity

Stalking the True Self Through the Jungles of Authenticity: Problems, Contradictions, Inconsistencies, Disturbing Findings—and a Possible Way Forward

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