Social Identity and the Romance of Leadership: The Importance of being Seen to be ‘Doing it for Us’

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 191-205

  Haslam, S Alexander ^a   Platow, Michael J ^b   Turner, John C ^c   Reynolds, Katherine J ^c   Mcgarty, Craig ^c   Oakes, Penelope J ^c   Johnson, Susan ^c   Ryan, Michelle K ^c   Veenstra, Kristine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

charisma; leadership; organizations; self categorization; social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993683800     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430201004003002     Document Type: Article

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