Subject index

Entries in bold refer to glossary definitions


accessibility (of social categorization), 56, 69, 245,

see also perceiver readiness

agency 6, 2122, 37, 44, 61, 7273, 134, 138, 185, 198, 216, 218

artists of identity 171179

Ascertaining Identity Resources (AIRing) 207, 212, 245

attribution to leadership 5, 15, 125,

see also romance of leadership

audience 21, 57, 7071, 120, 139, 146147, 153, 159, 161165, 172, 174, 180, 184, 194, 218

authentic leadership 205, 245

authoritarian leadership 186, 203

authoritarianism 8, 203

authority xx, 5, 14, 16, 22, 35, 51, 55, 74, 86, 91, 104106, 114117, 121122, 128, 142, 166169, 177, 184, 191, 207, 210, 212

autocratic leadership, 82, 91,

see also authoritarian leadership


behavioral approach to leadership 3942, 95, 189

belief structures xx, 14, 16, 5556, 65, 80, 89, 123, 131, 143, 146, 154, 163165, 189, 204, 206, 216

biographical approach to leadership 12, 1012, 15, 71, 124, 138, 152153, 200

boundaries of categories and groups 51, 7071, 88, 118, 135, 144147, 155158, 163

bureaucratic control 6, 245

bureaucratic leadership 6

bureaupathy 6, 245


categories, see social categories

categorization 2930, 4660, 6566, 69, 83, 88, 95, 102, 104, 106, 156, 245

charisma 2, 47, 10, 1315, 19, 21, 29, 35, 3942, 83, 96, 101103, 106107, 111, 124126, 133, 194195, 212, 245

charismatic leadership, see charisma

coercion 34, 35, 36, 245, 251

cognitive alternatives 14, 21, 51, 142, 245

cohesion, 47, 57, 58, 115, 203, 212, 245;

see also solidarity

collective action xxiv, 15, 17, 19, 28, 4041, 4851, 5455, 6063, 7075, 9194, 123124, 134135, 142146, 158, 165166, 183186, 189193, 219221, 246

collective mobilization xxiv, 65, 7072, 142, 145, 156, 159, 161163, 173, 179, 186, 188189, 192, 212215

commitment xxii, 39, 47, 97, 114, 116, 117, 133134, 158, 194, 211212

commons dilemma 112, 114

communication 56, 88, 103, 120, 128, 173

comparative fit, see fit, comparative

compensation, financial, see pay structure

compliance 61, 115, 117

conflict xxiv, 30, 49, 84, 87, 9193, 140, 146, 156, 166, 190191, 208

conformity, see norms, conformity to consideration 4041, 92, 95, 110, 132, 219, 246

content, social category 29, 68, 71, 144147, 155, 159, 160, 163, 212, 216, 218

contingency theories 2122, 2430, 35, 246;

of leadership 2425, 27, 30;

of power 35

control 3536, 60, 62, 126, 131, 165166, 170, 180, 193, 203, 213, 216, 218

cooperation 31, 49, 54, 58, 60, 143, 156, 178, 213

crowds 4, 18, 4647, 59, 8993, 149, 180, 184, 186, 199, 219

cult of personality 1, 7, 14, 15


democratic leadership 218

depersonalization 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 246

distributed leadership 205, 217, 246

distributive justice 113, 117, 246

diversity 158, 192

dress 29, 59, 89, 138139, 140, 141, 142, 152154, 181


economics, approach to leadership xv

efficacy 19, 54, 74;

group, 54, 74,

see also performance, group;

leader, 19,

see also performance, of leaders

embedders of identity 72, 75, 165

empowerment 60, 63, 91, 93, 182, 246

engineers of identity 171, 188192

entrepreneurs of identity xxiii, 71, 75, 127, 140, 143, 146, 147, 163, 165, 171, 194

equality rule 117

equity rule 117

equity theory 31, 219, 32, 46, 120, 246

ethical leadership 205, 215, 246

exchange approach to leadership, see social exchange theory and transactional approach to leadership

executives 11, 12, 25, 78, 102, 122124, 127;

and pay, see pay structure

expertise 34, 35, 79, 217

extremism xxiv, 90, 91, 93, 94, 131, 146, 191

extremist leadership 91, 94, 131, 191

extrinsic motivation 36, 82, 246


fairness 29, 75, 96, 98101, 104107, 110121, 123124, 126, 130132, 134135, 160

fit, of social categorization 6569, 246, 248;

comparative 6569, 246;

normative 66, 69, 248

followership xivxvi, xxiixxiii, 2, 5, 9, 12, 1418, 21, 22, 2833, 3645, 54, 62, 7273, 75, 7779, 8183, 89, 94, 9798, 103111, 113, 116117, 125, 128130, 132135, 137138, 147, 154155, 166, 170, 177, 179, 187188, 192, 194195, 197207, 211218, 220, 246

frame of reference 67, 8586


gender xx, 2, 51, 68, 163, 198, 199, 221

glass ceiling 51, 246

glass cliff 51, 246

great man theory (of leadership), xxii, 113, 18, 21, 42, 204

group consensualization 56, 57, 120, 184, 247

group engagement model 114117

group goals xivxvi, xxixxiv, 1, 60, 63, 7980, 95, 130, 134, 144, 219

group maintenance 80, 111, 113, 114, 116


height (of leaders) 83, 149, 173

heroic (definition of) leadership 1417, 198204

human resources management (HRM) 16


identity leadership xxiii, 197218, 247

identity makers xxiii, 57, 7172, 75, 139, 143, 146147, 149150, 163, 178, 183, 185, 188, 192, 197

identity performance 140141, 160, 173, 180181, 183, 185, 187188

ideology 69, 131, 152, 159, 161, 180, 202, 203

idiosyncrasy credit 31, 104, 247

impermeablity, of group boundaries 51, 247

impresarios of identity 171, 179, 188, 192, 211

incentivation (incentivization) xv, xx, 32, 3638, 61, 178

inclusive leadership 205, 217, 247

individual difference approach xivxv, xxii, 12, 11, 1215, 25, 46, 49, 57, 79, 197, 200, 214, 247

in-group favoritism xiii, 49, 104105, 118121, 123, 127, 135, 221

in-group-favoring unfairness 105, 118, 120121, 123

initiation of structure 40, 41, 95, 219, 247

institutional routine 5

instrumental rationality (Zweckrationalität) 5

interactionism 27, 28, 247

interdependence 31, 49

interest xv, xxi, xxiii, 34, 49, 53, 8182, 97, 110112, 130, 135, 137, 167, 170, 192, 197, 206;

group xv, xxi, xxiii, 34, 5354, 8182, 97, 110, 111, 126, 130, 131, 132, 135, 137, 168, 170, 190, 192, 197, 206;

personal xv, 34, 4649, 68, 78, 110, 112, 115, 117, 121, 127, 167

intrinsic motivation 36, 82, 247


justice 32, 38, 75, 93, 110, 117, 119, 120, 131, 162;

concern for, 113, 117, 119,

see also equity theory;

distributive, see distributive justice;

procedural, see procedural justice


leader behavior (identity-affirming or negating), 125, 126, 129 130

leader style 27, 28, 82, 125, 247

leadership 247;

attributes xiv, 8, 9, 18, 29, 41, 77, 83, 87, 96, 106, 107;

definition of 197, 247;

performance;

see performance, leadership;

politics of 198, 215218;

secrets 10, 11, 12, 40, 206

Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) 40

leadership categorization theory 2930, 103, 247

least preferred co-worker (LPC) 2527, 248

legitimacy 14, 3435, 51, 62, 92, 157, 167, 170

level of abstraction, 53, 67, 249,

see also self-categorization theory

loyalty 18, 33, 63, 102, 107, 110, 166167, 176, 178, 186


measurement approach to leadership 710, 3940

mergers 41

meta-contrast 66, 8588, 106, 248

minimal group xv, 4950, 52, 58, 119, 121, 248

minimal group paradigm 4950, 248

minimal group studies xv, 4950, 52, 58, 119

minorities 70, 9091, 155, 208

minority influence 9194, 248

minority leadership 9094

moderate leadership 9091, 94

moderation 166171

moral community 118, 120

Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) 3940, 43, 102

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) 43


narrative 14, 23, 69, 7172, 150, 155, 160161, 178;

group 23, 69, 7172, 150, 155, 160161, 178;

personal 14, 71, 150

normative fit, see fit, normative

norms xxiii, 12, 35, 53, 61, 68, 7071, 97, 104, 106, 111, 117, 131133, 143, 154, 163, 171, 189, 206, 211, 216, 217, 248

conformity to 55, 96, 128, 143


Ohio State studies 40, 110

organization xvxvi, 1, 2, 8, 1216, 25, 29, 3536, 4041, 49, 51, 78, 82, 98100, 112, 114, 116, 123, 124125, 127, 145, 163, 166, 170, 189, 192, 198, 200, 202203, 207208, 211212, 215, 220221, 248

organizational change 41, 104

organizational citizenship 36, 112, 115116, 248

organizational identification 90, 99100, 207, 212, 248


path-goal theory 24, 88

pay structure 15, 3233, 7879, 112113, 117, 120, 123, 135, 145, 169

perceiver readiness, 65, 69, 248;

see also accessibility

perceptual approach to leadership 2832

performance, 21, 74, 7980, 124125, 130, 134, 139, 209, 221, 249,

see also productivity;

group 7980, 124, 125, 221;

leader 21, 74, 130, 134, 139, 209

permeability (of group boundaries) 51, 88, 145147, 158159, 249;

impact on belief structure 88, 145, 156, 159;

impact on power acquisition 145147, 156;

impact on productivity 145147

personal identity 52, 53, 54, 56, 60, 67, 79, 249

personality xv, 45, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1216, 1819, 25, 2728, 35, 40, 83, 89, 103, 153, 167

personality approach to leadership xivxv, xxii, 35, 710, 1216, 1819, 25, 27, 35, 40

petty tyranny 57, 84, 202, 215, 249

positive distinctiveness 50, 56, 115, 131, 146, 249

power 4, 2022, 2528, 3234, 3639, 44, 47, 6164, 7172, 74, 88, 90, 121, 140, 144146, 161164, 166172, 174, 177, 179, 184, 193, 194, 199, 202, 207, 211, 214, 217, 249;

approach to leadership 3238;

distance 8081, 215;

motivational approaches to 3638;

nature of (power over vs. power through) 35, 6163, 165;

social exchange approaches to 3338;

taxonomic approach to 3435

pride 110, 144, 214

principal-agent model xv

procedural justice 113, 117, 249

productivity 24, 41, 74, 79, 96, 249

prototypes xxiii, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 84, 88, 94, 96, 110, 142, 145, 147, 160, 170, 219

prototypicality 68, 73, 75, 82108, 110, 137, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 151, 153154, 161, 163, 207, 209, 220, 249

psychological group 49, 249


random leader (studies) 79

reactance 61

realizing, see 3 ‘R’s of leadership

recategorization 57, 8889

reference group 249

reflecting, see 3 ‘R’s of leadership

relative influence gradient 83, 89, 106

remuneration, see pay structure

representativeness xxiii, 138, 141142, 197, 209

representing, see 3 ‘R’s of leadership

respect 3, 31, 3435, 39, 40, 5455, 59, 61, 91, 115117, 132, 139, 142143, 167, 204

romance of leadership 124, 204, 213, 249


salary, see pay structure

salience of categories 51, 56, 6566, 69, 77, 83, 8586, 91, 9596, 127, 178, 219, 250

self-category 6566, 68, 77, 83, 8586, 91, 9596, 178

social identity 51, 56, 69, 127, 219, 250

security of intergroup relations 51

self-actualization 3839, 90

collective 39, 90

personal 3839

self-categorization 4546, 5257, 6465, 6769, 85, 88, 90, 93, 95, 106, 249

self-categorization theory 51, 52, 68, 83, 85, 88, 90, 93, 106, 249

self-category salience, see salience,

self-category

self-concept 46, 51, 53, 69, 144145, 194

self-esteem 38, 54, 115

collective 54, 115

self-stereotyping, 5253, 55, 60, 70, 143,

see also depersonalization

servant leadership 205, 206, 217, 249

sexism, 50,

see also glass ceiling and glass cliff

situational approach to leadership 2125, 44, 73

social categories, boundaries of, see boundaries of categories and groups;

definition of 6473;

salience of, see salience of categories

social categorization, 250,

see self-categorization

social change xxii, 12, 1415, 19, 21, 48, 5051, 54, 64, 75, 89, 94, 142, 161, 166, 181, 183184, 189, 203, 208, 210, 213, 216, 221, 250;

belief system, 21, 51, 142, 210, 250,

see also belief structures

social cognition, xvi, 29, 49, 52

social cognitive approach to leadership, 29, 49, 52

social comparison 5051, 6668, 8587, 91, 127, 154, 250

social contract 36, 38, 39

social exchange theory 3132, 3637, 250

social identification xvi, xx, 55, 67, 69, 90, 99100, 104, 115, 143144, 212, 250

social identity xiii, xvi, xxiixxiii, 4546, 4981, 104107, 143149, 154155, 162163, 192195, 214218, 250

social identity approach 4555, 73, 133, 202, 250

social identity salience, see salience,

social identity

social identity theory xvi, 16, 4552, 5673, 131, 250

social influence xxi, xxiii, 38, 46, 55, 59, 71, 77, 8288, 91, 107109, 111, 120, 126128, 137, 143146, 197198, 209, 211, 250

social mobility (belief system), 51, 250,

see also belief structures

social psychology xiii, 4546, 107, 250

social reality 4546, 55, 6465, 7073, 75, 139, 142, 146, 162, 179, 188, 192, 202, 212

strategies of self-enhancement 51, 79, 81, 213, 250;

individual mobility,

see social mobility;

social competition 51, 79, 81, 213;

social creativity 51, 250

social structure 23, 35, 76, 188190

social support 19, 38, 4749, 5657, 59, 7172, 84, 87, 9192, 105, 108, 111, 120127, 129

solidarity 153, 155, 194

sport, leadership in 1, 8, 13, 18, 29, 44, 47, 49, 5254, 5759, 6466, 89, 9193, 118120, 132, 219

stability 33, 64, 69

status 7, 8, 15, 35, 45, 81, 88, 120, 131, 152, 184, 201, 213, 218

status quo 15, 51, 64, 103, 192

status relations 15, 81, 131, 213

stereotypes 2937, 5253, 55, 67, 70, 83, 9496, 98, 102, 104, 106107, 219220, 251;

conformity to leader stereotypes 29, 9596, 104

stereotypicality 9496

stereotyping, 52, 55, 143, 251,

see also self-stereotyping


teams xx, xxii, 18, 34, 36, 44, 47, 49, 52, 56, 58, 66, 78, 8082, 8992, 97100, 111, 119220

team-talk 90

Theory X 16, 251

threats to identity 93, 145, 159, 184

360-degree feedback 40, 43, 251

3 ‘R’s of identity leadership 205215;

realizing 205, 212215;

reflecting 205209;

representing 205, 209212

times theory of leadership 2324

toxic leadership 16, 41, 200, 202203, 220

transactional (approach to) leadership 3032, 3637, 41, 44, 102103, 251

transformational (approach to) leadership 19, 21, 3844, 48, 8889, 102103, 220, 251

trust 15, 40, 4849, 55, 59, 63, 75, 97, 98, 100101, 115, 143

trustworthiness 9698, 106107


values xxiiixxiv, 38, 50, 5355, 61, 64, 6871, 84, 115, 131133, 139, 141148, 153155, 161, 163, 170171, 178, 184, 189, 193, 206, 210216

vision xxi, xxiii, 25, 12, 42, 62, 65, 7273, 109, 129134, 149, 151, 156, 160, 171, 179, 185195, 199, 203, 212, 218;

group xxiii, 5, 62, 65, 7273, 109, 129134, 142, 149, 151, 156, 160, 171, 179, 185187, 190193, 203, 212;

personal xxi, 34, 42, 109, 129130, 132134, 192, 199


wages, see pay structure

world-making xxii, xxiv, 19, 45, 50, 57, 63, 69, 7072, 139, 143, 145, 152153, 156, 170, 193, 197, 202, 212