We incorporate the concept of social identity into a stylized model of occupational choice and analyze whether an individual's identity affects his or her decision to become an entrepreneur. We argue that an entrepreneurial identity results from an individual's socialization. This could be...

Interaktion in der Führungsforschung: Zwischen Bedeutungsgewinn und Marginalisierung -- Führung als Interaktion: Zur interaktiven Qualität der Führungsbeziehung -- Interaktion und Identität: Eine theoretische Verknüpfung -- Identität und Identitätskonstruktion — Perspektiven...

Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner George Akerlof a letter insisting that his most...