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Continuing and Changing Group Identities: The Effects of Merging on Social Identification and Ingroup Bias

Esther van Leeuwen

Free University of Amsterdam

Daan van Knippenberg

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Naomi Ellemers

Leiden University

A social identity approach to the investigation of group-based reactions to a merger is outlined, in which a merger is analyzed in terms of the continuation or change of the pre-merger group identity. In two experiments, the relationship between pre-merger identification, post-merger identification, and ingroup bias was investigated using a minimal group paradigm. Results from both studies showed that the perceived continuation of the premerger group identity in the post-merger group strengthened the positive relationship between pre-merger identification and identification with the superordinate post-merger group. Moreover, perceived continuation strengthened, rather than reduced, ingroup bias at the subordinate level of the merged groups. Some theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Key Words: changing group identity • merger • social identification • ingroup bias

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 6, 679-690 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203029006001
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