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Abstract
In this paper, I examine how changing workplace norms may influence employee identity and behavior. Specifically, I introduce the construct transient mindset, or the belief that it is detrimental for an employee to stay at one organization for an extended period of time. I theorize that transient mindset alters employees’ “identity constellations,” reducing the value they place in their organizational identities and, as a result, increasing the value they place in their leisure and family identities. Through these effects, I argue that transient mindset should reduce organizational identification, ultimately reducing voice and increasing networking. Furthermore, I argue that for people who perceive their organization to be prestigious, transient mindset will have a less negative relationship with organizational identity value. I test these predictions in both lab and field studies, finding mixed results for my hypotheses.