Recognition (sociology)

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Recognition in sociology is the public acknowledgment of a person's status or merits (achievements, virtues, service, etc.). [1]

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In psychology, excessively seeking for recognition is regarded as one of the defining traits of a narcissistic personality disorder. [2]

Another example of recognition is when some person is accorded some special status, such as title or classification. [3]

According to Charles Taylor, recognition of one's identity is both a fundamental need and a right, and non- or misrecognition is a form of oppression. [4]

In the workplace, recognition has been suggested to increase employee engagement, continuous improvement behaviour, trust in the organization, intention to stay, and satisfaction with management. [5] [6] [7] Others, like Alfie Kohn in Punished by Rewards , point out the dangers of using praise to show recognition, since it may induce compliance in the short-term, but negatively impact quality in the workplace long-term. [8]

Recognition justice

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Recognition justice is a theory of social justice that emphasizes the recognition of human dignity and of difference between subaltern groups and the dominant society. [9] [10] Social philosophers Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser point to a 21st-century shift in theories of justice away from distributive justice (which emphasises the elimination of economic inequalities) toward recognition justice and the eliminating of humiliation and disrespect. [9] The shift toward recognition justice is associated with the rise of identity politics. [11]

The political implications of recognition justice are more ambiguous than distributive justice, because recognition is not a resource than can be redistributed, but is rather a phenomenological experience of people and groups. [9] [12]

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  1. ↑ "recognition | Definition of recognition in English by Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  2. ↑ "Narcissistic personality disorder - Symptoms and causes". Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  3. ↑ "Definition of RECOGNITION". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  4. ↑ Taylor, Charles (1992). "The politics of recognition". Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition".
  5. ↑ "Forever Recognize Others' Greatness". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  6. ↑ "Recognition is Not Fluffy Stuff: Why Acknowledging Your People is Good for Business - CPHR Manitoba". www.cphrmb.ca. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  7. ↑ "The Secret to Motivating Your Team". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  8. ↑ Kohn, Alfie (1993). Punished by rewards. Houghton Mifflin Co. pp.  41, 96. ISBN   978-0-618-00181-1.
  9. 1 2 3 Honneth, Axel (2004). "Recognition and Justice: Outline of a Plural Theory of Justice" . Acta Sociologica. 47 (4): 351–364. doi:10.1177/0001699304048668. ISSN   0001-6993. JSTOR   4195049. S2CID   145353415.
  10. ↑ Whyte, Kyle Powys (2011). "The Recognition Dimensions of Environmental Justice in Indian Country" . Environmental Justice. 4 (4): 199–205. doi:10.1089/env.2011.0036. ISSN   1939-4071.
  11. ↑ Fraser, Nancy (2014). Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition. doi:10.4324/9781315822174. ISBN   9781317828082.
  12. ↑ Schweiger, Gottfried (2019-11-29). "Recognition, misrecognition and justice". Ethics & Global Politics. 12 (4): 1693870. doi: 10.1080/16544951.2019.1693870 . ISSN   1654-4951. S2CID   214079331.


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