You Are “My People”: A Gamified, Experiential Exercise Illustrating Social Identity Theory and Group Dynamics
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Morrison, Rachel
Cooper Thomas, Helena
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SAGE Publications
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Forming teams, developing relationships, and building trust can be challenging when dealing with increasingly socially anxious, disconnected, and diverse student cohorts. We describe an icebreaker that, through low-risk classroom interactions, allows students to socially identify with an in-group and compete with out-groups in a classroom environment. The activities provide abundant opportunities to relate in-class experiences to Social Identity Theory and other relevant management and OB theories.Description
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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour, Behavioral and Social Science, Social Determinants of Health, social identity theory, icebreaker, experiential learning, media, organizational socialization
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Management Teaching Review, ISSN: 2379-2981 (Print); 2379-2981 (Online), SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/23792981261429910
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