Do Political Identities Matter at Work? The Politics of Workplace Cooperation

Do political identities influence workers’ willingness to cooperate at work? Do workers prefer copartisans over outpartisans as colleagues even at the expense of competence? This article introduces a novel theory of how political identities permeate modern workplaces in knowledge economies, where collaboration and noncognitive skills are crucial. An original survey experiment conducted in the United Kingdom reveals that workers prefer to avoid working closely with outpartisans and favour collaborating with copartisans.

Duarte Amaro

I am a DPhil student in Politics at the DPIR. My research focuses on political parties and issue alignments in Europe, and examines how cross-national variation in these can be explained by the historical legacy of democratisation.

Prior to my DPhil, I read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford, graduating with a First Class degree. I also graduated summa cum laude from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) with a Master's degree in Political Science.

Laura Sjoberg

Laura Sjoberg is Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and Official Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Exeter College. Her research addresses issues of gender and security, with focus on politically violent women, feminist war theorising, sexuality in global politics, and political methodology. She teaches, consults, and lectures on gender in global politics, and on international security. Her work has been published in more than 50 books and journals in political science, law, gender studies, international relations, and geography.

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