Up close and personal: Evidence that shared social identity is a basis for the ‘special’ relationship that binds followers to leaders☆

By Niklas K. Steffens, S. A. Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher. 2014

138 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/cda547b57cc9db5f68e4df1da11296c4203d421e

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In Social Psychology

1. D. van Knippenberg
2. R. Kark
3. O. Epitropaki
4. Niklas K. Steffens
5. S. A. Haslam
6. M. Platow
7. R. Lord
8. C. Mainemelis

In Sociology and Political Science

1. D. van Knippenberg
2. S. A. Haslam
3. Niklas K. Steffens
4. M. Platow
5. K. Munt
6. R. Lord
7. R. Kark
8. O. Epitropaki

Citations in the corpus

• Leadership and followership identity processes: A multilevel review ☆ (2017, methodology): “Recently, Steffens et al. (2014b) developed the 14- item Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) based on social identity theory.”
• Advancing the social identity theory of leadership: A meta-analytic review of leader group prototypicality (2020, background): “They also include leadership and social influence (Ellemers et al., 2004; Haslam et al., 2011; Hogg & van Knippenberg, 2003; Reicher et al., 2005; Steffens et al., 2014; Turner, 1991; van Knippenberg et al., 2004).”