Beyond Prototypicality: Identity Leadership Is About Shaping and Embedding a Sense of Social Identity, Not Just Representing It

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dc.abstract.enResearch inspired by the social identity theory of leadership has focused predominantly on the importance of a leader being seen to be representative of the groups they lead. However, beyond this, research suggests that leaders also need to create, advance, and embed a sense of shared social identity in those groups. In the present research, we explore how these different facets of identity leadership combine to form distinct leader profiles. We draw on two heterogeneous independent samples from the Global Identity Leadership Development project (N = 7682; N = 7855) to explore profiles of leaders’ engagement in identity leadership. In both studies, a latent profile analysis of the results of a CFA using a bifactor-(S − 1) model was conducted. In each case, the analysis identified two different predominant identity leadership profiles: ‘engaged identity leaders’ and ‘moderate-inconsistent identity leaders’. Employees working with engaged identity leaders reported substantially more positive job-related attitudes. The results were very similar across the two studies and suggest that this profile analysis is generalizable. The findings support suggestions that identity leadership is multidimensional rather than solely a matter of identity prototypicality.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Sopocie
dc.contributor.authorWilson-Lemoine, Jérémy E.
dc.contributor.authorSwiatczak, Martyna D.
dc.contributor.authorSteffens, Niklas K.
dc.contributor.authorvan Dick, Rolf
dc.contributor.authorKerschreiter, Rudolf
dc.contributor.authorArslan Akfirat, Serap
dc.contributor.authorAvanzi, Lorenzo
dc.contributor.authorBallada, Christine Joy A.
dc.contributor.authorBarghi, Bita
dc.contributor.authorBazarov, Tahir
dc.contributor.authorAruta, John Jamir Benzon R.
dc.contributor.authorBunjak, Aldijana
dc.contributor.authorČerne, Matej
dc.contributor.authorDumont, Kitty
dc.contributor.authorEdelmann, Charlotte M.
dc.contributor.authorEpitropaki, Olga
dc.contributor.authorFransen, Katrien
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Ael, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorGiessner, Steffen R.
dc.contributor.authorGleibs, Ilka H.
dc.contributor.authorGodlewska-Werner, Dorota
dc.contributor.authorKark, Ronit
dc.contributor.authorLaguia Gonzalez, Ana
dc.contributor.authorLam, Hodar
dc.contributor.authorLipponen, Jukka
dc.contributor.authorLupina-Wegener, Anna
dc.contributor.authorMarkovits, Yannis
dc.contributor.authorMaskor, Mazlan
dc.contributor.authorMolero Alonso, Fernando J.
dc.contributor.authorMonzani, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorMoriano Leon, Juan A.
dc.contributor.authorNeves, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorOrosz, Gábor
dc.contributor.authorPandey, Diwakar
dc.contributor.authorPauknerová, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorRetowski, Sylwiusz
dc.contributor.authorRoland-Lévy, Christine
dc.contributor.authorSamekin, Adil
dc.contributor.authorSchuh, Sebastian C.
dc.contributor.authorSekiguchi, Tomoki
dc.contributor.authorSong, Lynda Jiwen
dc.contributor.authorStory, Joana
dc.contributor.authorStouten, Jeroen
dc.contributor.authorSultanova, Liliya
dc.contributor.authorTatachari, Srinivasan
dc.contributor.authorValdenegro, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorvan Bunderen, Lisanne
dc.contributor.authorVan Dijk, Dina
dc.contributor.authorVörös, Viktor
dc.contributor.authorWong, Sut I.
dc.contributor.authorYoussef, Farida
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Xin-an
dc.contributor.authorHaslam, S. Alexander
dc.date.access2026-03-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-16T10:36:34Z
dc.date.available2026-04-16T10:36:34Z
dc.date.created2026-01-16
dc.date.issued2026-03-03
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p> Research inspired by the social identity theory of leadership has focused predominantly on the importance of a leader being seen to be representative of the groups they lead. However, beyond this, research suggests that leaders also need to create, advance, and embed a sense of shared social identity in those groups. In the present research, we explore how these different facets of identity leadership combine to form distinct leader profiles. We draw on two heterogeneous independent samples from the Global Identity Leadership Development project ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic>  = 7682; <jats:italic>N</jats:italic>  = 7855) to explore profiles of leaders’ engagement in identity leadership. In both studies, a latent profile analysis of the results of a CFA using a bifactor‐( <jats:italic>S</jats:italic>  − 1) model was conducted. In each case, the analysis identified two different predominant identity leadership profiles: ‘engaged identity leaders’ and ‘moderate‐inconsistent identity leaders’. Employees working with engaged identity leaders reported substantially more positive job‐related attitudes. The results were very similar across the two studies and suggest that this profile analysis is generalizable. The findings support suggestions that identity leadership is multidimensional rather than solely a matter of identity prototypicality. </jats:p>
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dc.description.issue3
dc.description.physical251-270
dc.description.sdgGoodHealthAndWellBeing
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume56
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jasp.70049
dc.identifier.eissn1559-1816
dc.identifier.issn0021-9029
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2304
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jasp.70049
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsClosedAccess
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dc.subject.enbifactor‐(S − 1) model
dc.subject.enidentity leadership inventory
dc.subject.enlatent profile analysis
dc.subject.enleadership
dc.subject.ensocial identity
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dc.titleBeyond Prototypicality: Identity Leadership Is About Shaping and Embedding a Sense of Social Identity, Not Just Representing It
dc.title.journalJournal of Applied Social Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle