New Psychology of Leadership Identity, Influence and Power
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S. Alexander Haslam is Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. Alex’s research focuses on the study of group and identity processes in social, organizational and contexts. Together with over 400 co-authors around the world, he has written and edited 16 books and published over 350 peer-reviewed articles on these topics. He is a former Editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology and currently Associate Editor of The Leadership Quarterly. In 2022 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to education and research in psychology.
Stephen Reicher is Wardlaw Professor of Psychology at the University of St Andrews, UK. Steve’s seminal contributions to research on social identity and self-categorization theories stretch back to the 1980s, and have been particularly influential in areas of delinquency, nationalism, crowd behaviour, and political influence. Together with over 200 co-authors, he has written and edited 7 books and published over 300 peer-reviewed articles on these topics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a former Editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Michael Platow is Professor in Psychology at the Australian National University, Australia. Michael has published extensively on intergroup relations, social justice, leadership and social influence. He has published over 150 papers in these areas and written and edited four books. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a former president of the International Society of Justice Research.
<p>“If you only ever read one book about leadership this should be it.”</p><p><b>- George A. Akerlof</b>, <i>Nobel Laureate in Economics.</i></p><p><em>“What I like about this book is how the science of leadership is mingled in a readable way with historical and modern-day examples. It is a must-read.”</em></p><p><b>- Cary L. Cooper</b> <i>in the <em>Times Higher Education.</em></i></p><p><em>“An amazing book that completely changed my mind about leadership.”</em></p><p><b>- Rafael di Tella</b>, <i>Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, USA.</i></p><p><em>“A path-breaking book that will reinvigorate and redirect scholarship on leadership for many years to come.”</em></p><p><b>- Jack Dovidio</b>, <i>Professor of Psychology, Yale University USA.</i></p>
This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive and compelling introduction to the field of leadership that is jam-packed with theoretical and practical insights derived from a wealth of applied scientific research conducted by the authors and their colleagues around the world over the last four decades.
The book starts from the premise that leadership is never just about leaders. Instead, it is about leaders and followers who are joined together as members of a social group that provides them with a sense of shared social identity. Leadership is understood as the process through which leaders work with followers to create, represent, advance, and embed this sense of shared social identity. The new edition of this bestselling book captures the breadth and depth of ongoing research from around the world that speaks to the power of social identity as a basis for both effective leadership and engaged followership. This approach is highlighted in case studies from the COVID-19 pandemic and as a way of understanding the rise, fall and resurgence of Donald Trump. The book also discusses practical applications that show how leaders can create, advance, represent and embed social identity in ways that are beneficial not only for group engagement and performance but also for health and well-being.
Drawing on real-world examples and rich data sources, this book will appeal to academics, researchers, and students of psychology, business, and management, as well as to practitioners, policy makers, and anyone interested in the workings of leadership, influence, and power.
This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive and compelling introduction to the field of leadership that is jam-packed with theoretical and practical insights derived from a wealth of applied scientific research conducted by the authors and their colleagues around the world over the last four decades.
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The old psychology of leadership: Great men and the cult of personality
Leadership in history: The “great man” and his charisma
The political decline of the “great man” approach: The impact of the “great dictators”
The standardization of leadership: Personality models and their failings
The biographical approach: Looking for the roots of greatness in personal histories
The theoretical deficiency of individualistic models
The political deficiency of individualistic models
The faulty definition of leadership
Conclusion: Five criteria for a useful psychology of leadership
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The current psychology of leadership: Issues of context and contingency, transaction and transformation
The importance of context and contingency
The importance of followers
The importance of that “special something”
Conclusion: The need for a new psychology of leadership
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Foundations for the new psychology of leadership: Social identity and self-categorization
Social identity and group behavior
Social identity and collective power
Defining social identities
Conclusion: Setting the agenda for a new psychology of leadership
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Being one of us: Leaders as in-group prototypes
The importance of standing for the group
Prototypicality and leadership effectiveness
Prototypicality and leadership stereotypes
Prototypicality and the creativity of leaders
Conclusion: To lead us, leaders must represent “us”
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Doing it for us: Leaders as in-group champions
The importance of fairness
From fairness to group interest
Clarifying the group interest
Conclusion: To engage followers, leaders’ actions and visions must promote group interests
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Crafting a sense of us: Leaders as entrepreneurs of identity
The complex relationship between reality, representativeness, and leadership
Social identities as world-making resources
Who can mobilize us? The importance of defining category prototypes
Who is mobilized? The importance of defining category boundaries
What is the nature of mobilization? The importance of defining category content
Conclusion: Leaders are masters not slaves of identity
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Making us matter: Leaders as embedders of identity
Identity as a moderator of the relationship between authority and power
Leaders as artists of identity
Leaders as impresarios of identity
Leaders as engineers of identity
Conclusion: Leadership and the production of power both center on the hard but rewarding work of identity management
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The pragmatics of identity leadership: Being effective in the world
The nature of effective leadership
The nature of ineffective leadership
A case study of the pragmatics of identity leadership: The COVID-19 pandemic
Conclusion: Identity leadership is practical because it is grounded in well-evidenced integrative theory
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The politics of identity leadership: Doing good and evil in the world
The intragroup dimension of identity leadership
The intergroup dimension of identity leadership
A case study of the politics of identity leadership: Donald Trump and the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol
Conclusion: Whether leadership is benign or toxic hinges on the form and content of identity leadership
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The tools of identity leadership: Translating theory into practice
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S. Alexander Haslam is Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. Alex’s research focuses on the study of group and identity processes in social, organizational and contexts. Together with over 400 co-authors around the world, he has written and edited 16 books and published over 350 peer-reviewed articles on these topics. He is a former Editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology and currently Associate Editor of The Leadership Quarterly. In 2022 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to education and research in psychology.
Stephen Reicher is Wardlaw Professor of Psychology at the University of St Andrews, UK. Steve’s seminal contributions to research on social identity and self-categorization theories stretch back to the 1980s, and have been particularly influential in areas of delinquency, nationalism, crowd behaviour, and political influence. Together with over 200 co-authors, he has written and edited 7 books and published over 300 peer-reviewed articles on these topics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a former Editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Michael Platow is Professor in Psychology at the Australian National University, Australia. Michael has published extensively on intergroup relations, social justice, leadership and social influence. He has published over 150 papers in these areas and written and edited four books. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a former president of the International Society of Justice Research.