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Identity Orientation, Organizational Identification, and Leadership Involvement
Author(s) -
Gonzalez Jorge A.,
Chakraborty Subhajit
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of leadership studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1935-262X
pISSN - 1935-2611
DOI - 10.1002/jls.21284
Subject(s) - organizational identification , cohesion (chemistry) , social identity theory , psychology , social psychology , identification (biology) , organizational identity , structural equation modeling , social identity approach , identity (music) , organizational commitment , association (psychology) , leadership studies , leadership style , social group , chemistry , botany , physics , organic chemistry , acoustics , biology , statistics , mathematics , psychotherapist
The present study relies on theories of authentic and relational leadership, as well as the identity orientation model, to study leadership involvement in volunteer organizations. We propose that self‐expression and social cohesion—the opportunity organizational membership provides people to express who they are and to develop social relationships—are related to organizational identification and leadership involvement. We posit that self‐expression and social cohesion satisfy personal and relational identification motives and increase organizational identification—a form of identification with a collective—which in turn affect leadership involvement. The hypotheses are tested using structural equations modeling using a sample of 210 professional association members, a nonwork sample that reduces the influence of extrinsic rewards on leadership involvement.