The Social Identity Approach to Effective Leadership： An Overview and Some Ideas on Cross-Cultural Generalizability  

作　　者：Rolf van Dick Rudolf Kerschreiter 

机构地区：[1]Department of'Psychology, Goethe University, 60323 Frankfurt, Germany Work ResearchInstitute (AFI), Oslo, Norway [2]Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universitat Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany

出　　处：《Frontiers of Business Research in China》2016年第3期363-384,共22页中国高等学校学术文摘·工商管理研究（英文版）

摘　　要：When employees identify with the groups and organizations they work for, this typically has positive implications for work-related attitudes and behaviors. The present paper provides a focused overview of the social identity approach to leadership and some ideas on its cross-cultural generalizability. To this end, we will first outline the basic tenets of the social identity approach and summarize the relations of organizational identification with work-related variables. Then, we will discuss the role of social identity-related concepts for effective leadership. In particular, we will present empirical studies on the following three aspects： （1） the transfer of leader identification onto their followers, （2） the role of leader prototypicality, and （3） the ways for leaders to actively manage the identities of the groups they lead. Finally, we will provide some suggestions on how to implement the principles of identity management into practice and offer suggestions for future research, with a special focus on China.When employees identify with the groups and organizations they work for, this typically has positive implications for work-related attitudes and behaviors. The present paper provides a focused overview of the social identity approach to leadership and some ideas on its cross-cultural generalizability. To this end, we will first outline the basic tenets of the social identity approach and summarize the relations of organizational identification with work-related variables. Then, we will discuss the role of social identity-related concepts for effective leadership. In particular, we will present empirical studies on the following three aspects： （1） the transfer of leader identification onto their followers, （2） the role of leader prototypicality, and （3） the ways for leaders to actively manage the identities of the groups they lead. Finally, we will provide some suggestions on how to implement the principles of identity management into practice and offer suggestions for future research, with a special focus on China.

关 键 词：social identity theory LEADERSHIP identity management socialidentity model of leadership leader-identity-transfer model 

分 类 号：N031[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学] TP393.08[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术]