Leadership under uncertainty: When leaders who are non-prototypical group members can gain support

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 646-653

  Rast, David E ^a   Gaffney, Amber M ^a   Hogg, Michael A ^a   Crisp, Richard J ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership; Prototypicality; Social identity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858076409     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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