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Introducing and validating a single‐item measure of identity leadership: The visual identity leadership scale (VILS)

Niklas K. Steffens, Srinivasan Tatachari, S. Alexander Haslam, Jérémy E. Wilson‐Lemoine, more

British Journal of Social Psychology > 63 > 4 > 1658 - 1680

In the present research, we introduce and validate a single‐item measure of identity leadership—the visual identity leadership scale (VILS). The VILS uses Venn diagrams of sets of overlapping circles to denote different degrees of alignment between a leader's characteristics and behaviours and a group's values and goals. Key advantages of the VILS over other existing multi‐item scales are that it...

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A latent profile analysis of the nature of social group memberships and their contribution to retirement outcomes

Crystal J. La Rue, Niklas K. Steffens, Belén Álvarez Werth, Sarah V. Bentley, more

British Journal of Social Psychology > 63 > 2 > 591 - 613

Positive experiences of groups (e.g., the extent to which groups are important and supportive) tend to be associated with better retirement adjustment outcomes. However, group experiences are not always positive, and we know little about their varied contribution to adjustment outcomes. We addressed this gap by exploring the nature of social group memberships – in terms of varying positive and negative...

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GROUPS 4 RETIREMENT: A new intervention that supports well‐being in the lead‐up to retirement by targeting social identity management

Crystal J. La Rue, Catherine Haslam, Sarah V. Bentley, Ben C. P. Lam, more

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology > 97 > 1 > 1 - 26

Successful retirement adjustment requires careful planning in the lead up to this important life transition. While financial planning is routinely prioritized, evidence suggests that the social changes in retirement can be just as challenging to manage — if not more. GROUPS 4 RETIREMENT (G4R) is a new online intervention that addresses this gap by targeting the identity changes that people typically...

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Meta‐identification: Perceptions of others’ group identification shape group life

Niklas K. Steffens, Katharine H. Greenaway, Sam Moore, Katie A. Munt, more

European Journal of Social Psychology > 54 > 1 > 341 - 363

In the present research, we introduce and develop the concept of meta‐identification – perceptions of others’ identification with a group – and examine its capacity to shape group life. Across two cross‐sectional studies and three experiments (N_total = 3992), we investigate the relationship between participants’ meta‐identification in an intragroup context and their group meaningfulness, collective...

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Reduced loneliness mediates the effects of multiple group identifications on well‐being

Rolf Dick, Svenja B. Frenzel, Valerie A. Erkens, Jan A. Häusser, more

British Journal of Social Psychology > 62 > 4 > 1693 - 1714

Membership of multiple groups and identification with those groups have been found to be positively related to individuals' health and well‐being. The present research sought to replicate this finding in two large, representative samples. Moreover, we sought to extend previous work by shedding light on the mechanisms mediating the effects of multiple group membership on positive health outcomes. Specifically,...

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Engaged followership and toxic science: Exploring the effect of prototypicality on willingness to follow harmful experimental instructions

Megan E. Birney, Stephen D. Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, Niklas K. Steffens, more

British Journal of Social Psychology > 62 > 2 > 866 - 882

Drawing on the ‘engaged followership’ reinterpretation of Milgram's work on obedience, four studies (three pre‐registered) examine the extent to which people's willingness to follow an experimenter's instructions is dependent on the perceived prototypicality of the science they are supposedly advancing. In Studies 1, 2 and 3, participants took part in a study that was described as advancing either...

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Reflective and decisive supervision: The role of participative leadership and team climate in joint decision‐making

Tessa Coffeng, Elianne F. Steenbergen, Femke Vries, Niklas K. Steffens, more

Regulation & Governance > 17 > 1 > 290 - 309

Supervisory bodies can intervene in organizational practices that may harm society, but their effectiveness to do so depends on their ability to make decisions reflectively and decisively. Are these tendencies incompatible with each other or can they go together? Can empowering leadership (i.e. participative, coaching, informing behaviors) stimulate reflectiveness and decisiveness? A 10‐item Joint...

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The fish can rot from the heart, not just the head: Exploring the detrimental impact of transgressions by leaders at multiple levels of an organization

Mazlan Maskor, Martin P. Fladerer, Polly Fong, Niklas K. Steffens, more

British Journal of Social Psychology > 62 > 1 > 431 - 455

In this registered report, we examined the effect of transgressions committed by leaders working at different group levels within an organization on employee outcomes. Based on social identity theorizing, we argued that organizational leader transgressions would affect organizational members’ experiences only at the organizational level, but that workgroup leader transgressions would impact organizational...

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Innovation across cultures: Connecting leadership, identification, and creative behavior in organizations

Eva M. Bracht, Lucas Monzani, Diana Boer, S. Alexander Haslam, more

Applied Psychology > 72 > 1 > 348 - 388

Innovation is considered essential for today's organizations to survive and thrive. Researchers have also stressed the importance of leadership as a driver of followers' innovative work behavior (FIB). Yet, despite a large amount of research, three areas remain understudied: (a) The relative importance of different forms of leadership for FIB; (b) the mechanisms through which leadership impacts FIB;...

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Cracks before the crisis: Polarization prior to COVID‐19 predicts increased collective angst and economic pessimism

Charlie R. Crimston, Hema Preya Selvanathan, Belén Álvarez, Jolanda Jetten, more

European Journal of Social Psychology > 52 > 4 > 669 - 678

We examine how polarization within societies is associated with reduced confidence in national responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) crisis. We surveyed 4,731 participants across nine countries at Wave 1 (France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States), and then, at Wave 2 (3 months later), we recontacted 840 participants from...

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Unlocking collective cooperation in the midst of COVID‐19: The role of social support in predicting the social class disparity in cooperation

Porntida Tanjitpiyanond, Belén Álvarez, Jolanda Jetten, Sarah V. Bentley, more

British Journal of Social Psychology > 61 > 3 > 940 - 951

We examined whether (the lack of) social support can explain why researchers have found lower rates of adherence to follow public health guidelines amongst people who perceived themselves as coming from lower social class backgrounds during the COVID‐19 pandemic. To do this, we surveyed 5818 participants from 10 countries during the first wave of lock‐down. Contrary to previous findings, social class...

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Volunteering for a better future: A pilot Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program

Kane Solly, Michael A. Smyer, Kim Nichols, Niklas K. Steffens, more

Australasian Journal on Ageing > 41 > 2 > e206 - e209

Objective Older adults are an untapped resource for leading sustainability change. This study assessed a pilot study of a Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program for older adults. Methods The pilot training program was conducted with a sample of 14 older adults over a single day, with some follow‐up activities for participants at home. Activities included completing a sustainable action card‐sorting...

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A trouble shared is a trouble halved: The role of family identification and identification with humankind in well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Svenja B. Frenzel, Nina M. Junker, Lorenzo Avanzi, Aidos Bolatov, more

British Journal of Social Psychology > 61 > 1 > 55 - 82

The COVID‐19 pandemic has triggered health‐related anxiety in ways that undermine peoples’ mental and physical health. Contextual factors such as living in a high‐risk area might further increase the risk of health deterioration. Based on the Social Identity Approach, we argue that social identities can not only be local that are characterized by social interactions, but also be global that are characterized...

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Do leaders condone unethical pro‐organizational employee behaviors? The complex interplay between leader organizational identification and moral disengagement

Sebastian C. Schuh, Yahua Cai, Antonia J. Kaluza, Niklas K. Steffens, more

Human Resource Management > 60 > 6 > 969 - 989

Considering recent corporate scandals, organizations have increased their efforts to curb unethical employee behavior. However, little is known about whether leaders comply with these efforts and how they respond to unethical employee behavior, especially when unethical actions benefit the organization. By integrating arguments from social identity and moral disengagement theories, we develop and...

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To what extent are conspiracy theorists concerned for self versus others? A COVID‐19 test case

Matthew J. Hornsey, Cassandra M. Chapman, Belen Alvarez, Sarah Bentley, more

European Journal of Social Psychology > 51 > 2 > 285 - 293

We examined whether people who are prone to believe COVID‐19 conspiracy theories are characterised by an especially strong concern for others or an especially strong concern for the self, and whether these orientations are associated with willingness to take a COVID‐19 vaccine. We surveyed 4,245 participants from eight nations; three months later we re‐contacted 1,262 participants from three nations...

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International differences in employee silence motives: Scale validation, prevalence, and relationships with culture characteristics across 33 countries

Michael Knoll, Martin Götz, Elisa Adriasola, Amer Ali Al‐Atwi, more

Journal of Organizational Behavior > 42 > 5 > 619 - 648

Employee silence, the withholding of work‐related ideas, questions, or concerns from someone who could effect change, has been proposed to hamper individual and collective learning as well as the detection of errors and unethical behaviors in many areas of the world. To facilitate cross‐cultural research, we validated an instrument measuring four employee silence motives (i.e., silence based on fear,...

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The Psychology of Leadership Destabilization: An Analysis of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Debates

Mazlan Maskor, Niklas K. Steffens, S. Alexander Haslam

Political Psychology > 42 > 2 > 265 - 289

When contesting for political office, leaders do not only seek to build their own following but also to engage in attacks to destabilize opponent leaders. However, research has yet to explore and explain the nature of attacks that seek to destabilize a leader's influence. Building on the identity leadership model which sees leadership as flowing from a leader's capacity to promote a sense of shared...

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Identity Leadership in a Crisis: A 5R Framework for Learning from Responses to COVID‐19

S. Alexander Haslam, Niklas K. Steffens, Stephen D. Reicher, Sarah V. Bentley

Social Issues and Policy Review > 15 > 1 > 35 - 83

The COVID‐19 pandemic is the greatest global crisis of our lifetimes, and leadership has been critical to societies’ capacity to deal with it. Here effective leadership has brought people together, provided a clear perspective on what is happening and what response is needed, and mobilized the population to act in the most effective ways to bring the pandemic under control. Informed by a model of...

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Standing out from the crowd: Identifying the traits and behaviors that characterize high‐quality athlete leaders

Katrien Fransen, S. Alexander Haslam, Niklas K. Steffens, Filip Boen

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports > 30 > 4 > 766 - 786

Objectives An emerging body of evidence indicates that, in addition to the coach, athlete leaders within a team are vital for a sports team's success. Sports teams are therefore keen to know which attributes are distinctly characteristic of high‐quality leaders on and off the field. The present study aims to shed more light on this question. Method A wide variety of traits and leadership behaviors...

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The more you have, the more you want? Higher social class predicts a greater desire for wealth and status

Zhechen Wang, Jolanda Jetten, Niklas K. Steffens

European Journal of Social Psychology > 50 > 2 > 360 - 375

Traditional theories have focused on the intentions of lower‐class individuals to climb on the social ladder, yet they have paid relatively little attention to the motivations of upper‐class individuals to ascend even higher. Addressing this issue, Studies 1 and 2 provided cross‐national evidence that higher social class is associated with a greater desire for wealth and status. Moreover, by manipulating...

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Search results for: Niklas K. Steffens

Introducing and validating a single‐item measure of identity leadership: The visual identity leadership scale (VILS)

A latent profile analysis of the nature of social group memberships and their contribution to retirement outcomes

GROUPS 4 RETIREMENT: A new intervention that supports well‐being in the lead‐up to retirement by targeting social identity management

Meta‐identification: Perceptions of others’ group identification shape group life

Reduced loneliness mediates the effects of multiple group identifications on well‐being

Engaged followership and toxic science: Exploring the effect of prototypicality on willingness to follow harmful experimental instructions

Reflective and decisive supervision: The role of participative leadership and team climate in joint decision‐making

The fish can rot from the heart, not just the head: Exploring the detrimental impact of transgressions by leaders at multiple levels of an organization

Innovation across cultures: Connecting leadership, identification, and creative behavior in organizations

Cracks before the crisis: Polarization prior to COVID‐19 predicts increased collective angst and economic pessimism

Unlocking collective cooperation in the midst of COVID‐19: The role of social support in predicting the social class disparity in cooperation

Volunteering for a better future: A pilot Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program

A trouble shared is a trouble halved: The role of family identification and identification with humankind in well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Do leaders condone unethical pro‐organizational employee behaviors? The complex interplay between leader organizational identification and moral disengagement

To what extent are conspiracy theorists concerned for self versus others? A COVID‐19 test case

International differences in employee silence motives: Scale validation, prevalence, and relationships with culture characteristics across 33 countries

The Psychology of Leadership Destabilization: An Analysis of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Debates

Identity Leadership in a Crisis: A 5R Framework for Learning from Responses to COVID‐19

Standing out from the crowd: Identifying the traits and behaviors that characterize high‐quality athlete leaders

The more you have, the more you want? Higher social class predicts a greater desire for wealth and status

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