Leading change by protecting group identity in the 2019 Canadian general election
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21739546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lily Syfers (0000-0002-1464-2296, University of Alberta, corresponding author), David E Rast (0000-0001-6716-5246, University of Alberta), Amber M Gaffney (0000-0002-9180-7736, Cal Poly Humboldt) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 415-438 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1529-7489 • E-ISSN: 1530-2415 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/asap.12255 |
| OpenAlex | W3174225556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 36 |
Often leaders who attempt to enact large‐scale changes face resistance from group members who perceive the change as a drastic alteration of the core identity features of their group. Core changes to a group's identity can create a sense of collective identity discontinuity, indicating the group's sense of “who we are” is fundamentally altered. Leaders can circumvent this by emphasizing how the proposed change is consistent with the group's identity, although this may be influenced by whether group members are uncertain and perceive the leader as group prototypical. Two preregistered studies measured the degree to which participants felt self‐uncertain and perceived their in‐group political party leaders (Study 1) and newly reelected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Study 2) as group prototypical and as promoting collective identity continuity before ( N = 408) and after ( N = 209) the 2019 Canadian General Election. Study 1 results supported the preregistered hypotheses, and Study 2 extended these findings by exploring the hypothesized interaction from Study 1 in the postelection context. We discuss these results in the social identity framework, implicating the importance of a leader's promotion of collective identity continuity in promoting change during uncertain times
Collective identity · Feeling · Identity change · Political science · Politics · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology
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“License to Fail”
A Social Identity Model of Leadership Effectiveness in Organizations
Domains of self-uncertainty and their relationship to group identification
Social identity and intergroup relations
Uncertainty–Identity Theory
Self and Nation
A Social Identity Theory of Leadership
Self-uncertainty and Support for Autocratic Leadership
Identity and Intergroup Leadership
Perceived collective continuity and social well‐being
The past as a determinant of the present
Perceived collective continuity
Uncertainty and Influence
Collective self-continuity, group identification and in-group defense
Leadership under uncertainty
Innovation credit
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |