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Eckloff, T. & van Quaquebeke, N. (2008). How social influence in leadership dyads is mediated by identification processes when subordinates are treated with consideration and respect. Poster presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 7th-9th
Influencing subordinates is a central function of leadership. Therefore it is interesting for researchers and practitioners alike to understand the processes which mediate influence in leadership dyads, particularly the conditions that result in subordinates’ voluntary openness towards leadership. While the results of the Ohio Studies in the 50ies suggest that considerate leadership behaviour is one of the sources of leadership effectiveness (for recent review see Judge, Piccolo, & Ilies, 2004), contemporary approaches often take an identity based perspective on the same. In the present study, we seek to link both perspectives. Specifically, we propose that subordinates’ relational identity plays an important role in mediating influence processes in leadership dyads in that the relation between Consideration and subordinates’ openness towards leadership is partially mediated by subordinates’ personal identification with their leaders. Results of two field studies (N1 = 320 and N2 = 596) provide support for this prediction. Theoretical and practical implications of this mediation model are discussed along the lines of unifying different perspectives on leadership and power.
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