Advancing the social identity theory of leadership: A meta-analytic review of leader group prototypicality. (February 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Advancing the social identity theory of leadership: A meta-analytic review of leader group prototypicality. (February 2021)
- Main Title:
- Advancing the social identity theory of leadership: A meta-analytic review of leader group prototypicality
- Authors:
- Steffens, Niklas K.
Munt, Katie A.
van Knippenberg, Daan
Platow, Michael J.
Haslam, S. Alexander - Abstract:
- This research advances a social identity approach to leadership through a meta-analysis examining four novel hypotheses that clarify the nature and impact of leader group prototypicality (the extent to which a leader is perceived to embody shared social identity). A random-effects meta-analysis ( k = 128, N = 32, 834) reveals a moderate-to-large effect of prototypicality that holds across evaluative and behavioral outcomes. The effect is stronger (a) when prototypicality is conceptualized as the ideal-type rather than the average group member, (b) for stronger prototypes (indexed by group longevity), and (c) for group members in formal rather than nonformal leadership roles. The effect is not contingent on group prototypicality entailing differentiation from other (out)groups. Additionally, results provide meta-analytic evidence of widely examined key factors: follower group identification (which enhances the relationship) and leader group-serving behavior (which attenuates the relationship). Building on these findings, we outline the implications for the next wave of theoretical and empirical work.
- Is Part Of:
- Organizational psychology review. Volume 11:Number 1(2021)
- Journal:
- Organizational psychology review
- Issue:
- Volume 11:Number 1(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 11, Issue 1 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0011-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 35
- Page End:
- 72
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02
- Subjects:
- self & identity -- intergroup relations -- groups/teams -- leadership
Psychology, Industrial -- Periodicals
Organizational behavior -- Periodicals
Psychology, Applied -- Periodicals
158.705 - Journal URLs:
- http://opr.sagepub.com ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/2041386620962569 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2041-3866
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- Legaldeposit
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