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under which units are compiled. In this research, any statement related to any role identity
expectations of authors from members were considered and treated as units. They were listed
separately for each author as presented in the first step. And the umbrella titles under which
those units compiled were treated as categories. They are listed in the following steps.
First step. Exploring the leadership's identity expectations.
First, the content analysis survey instrument which guided the researcher to find out
leadership's role identity expectations was developed. This survey instrument could also be used
to replicate the study, or measure the reliability of the methods employed in content analysis.
Stryker (1980) lists Identity Theory's eight assumptions. Applying those assumptions in their
book titled The Terrorist Identity. Explaining the Terrorist Threat, Arena and Arrigo (2006)
categorized five important components that are required to be present to "systematically examine
[terrorist identity] as they are understood by Identity Theory" (p. 5). These components are as
follows: "(a) Symbols, (b) The definition of the situation, (c) Roles, (d) Socialization and role
taking, (e) The self' (p. 56). During the creation of the survey instrument, Arena and Arrigo's
(2006) method has been widely used. They placed equal importance over psychological and
sociological aspects of terrorist identities. The instrument was designed accordingly with the
items equally measuring these two essential aspects. Their criteria were applied to sort out
"units" as was defined by Nachmias and Nachmias (1981).
The survey instrument items are listed below. The words or terms used by the authors to
define their role identity expectations were investigated through these items.
1- (Symbols) What symbols are revered and members are encouraged to respect them?59
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Cinoglu, Huseyin. An Analysis of Established Terrorist Identity in Political and Military Wings of Turkish Hizbullah, dissertation, August 2008; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9114/m1/69/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .