Leadership and team identification: Exploring the followers' perspective
Journal
The Leadership Quarterly
ISSN
1048-9843
ISSN-Digital
1873-3409
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2014-06
Author(s)
Abstract
This study investigates the influence of leadership on followers' identification with their work group. Adopting a qualitative research approach, it takes on the followers' perspective for inductively deriving leadership behaviors that pertain to the development of team identification. Based on in-depth data from members of seven teams in the context of UN peacebuilding operations, four aggregate leadership dimensions can be identified that are conducive to members' team identification: providing guidance, encouraging involvement, role modeling, and administering teamwork. Accordingly, this study adds to the exploration of leadership behaviors relevant for team identification that have not been considered by extant research. The results may lay the foundations for future investigations on complementary effects of different leadership behaviors for fostering followers' identification with their work group.
Language
English
Keywords
Leadership
Team identification
Qualitative research
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher place
Amsterdam
Volume
25
Number
3
Start page
413
End page
432
Pages
20
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
228087
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