Leaders as attachment figures
Leaders' attachment orientations predict leadership-related mental representations and followers' performance and mental health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6202994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rivka Davidovitz (Bar-Ilan University), Mario Mikulincer (0000-0003-3639-0146, Bar-Ilan University), P R Shaver (0000-0003-2578-2777, University of California, Davis), Ronit Izsak (Bar-Ilan University), Micha Popper (0000-0003-4153-0107, University of Haifa) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 632-650 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.93.4.632 |
| PMID | 17892336 |
| OpenAlex | W2037888161 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 50 |
| References cited | 35 |
In 3 studies, the authors examined the contribution of leaders' attachment styles to their leadership motives and beliefs and to followers' outcomes. In Study 1, participants completed measures of attachment orientation, leadership motives, self-representations, and leadership style. Studies 2 and 3 were conducted within Israeli military units either during a leadership workshop or during intensive combat training. Israeli military officers and their soldiers (followers) reported on their attachment styles, and the soldiers reported on the officers' leadership qualities and on the soldiers' own performance and mental health. Leaders' attachment anxiety was associated with more self-serving leadership motives and with poorer leadership qualities in task-oriented situations. Leaders' attachment anxiety also predicted followers' poorer instrumental functioning. Leaders' attachment-related avoidance was negatively associated with prosocial motives to lead, with the failure to act as a security provider, and with followers' poorer socioemotional functioning and poorer long-range mental health. Results are discussed with respect to the value of attachment theory for the study of leadership
Anxiety · Attachment theory · Cross-cultural leadership · Developmental psychology · Leadership style · Mental health · Neuroleadership · Prosocial behavior · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Shared leadership · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Transformational leadership · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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