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Antecedents and Consequences of Variability in Leadership Identity and Regulation: A Study of Event-Level Leadership Self-Concept

Hoffman, Ernest L
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7293-8290
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1453324789

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Psychology-Industrial/Organizational.
The fluid and dynamic nature of leadership processes lends itself to a type of self-concept that is variable and subject to ongoing regulation at the level of events. Multiple theories of leadership infer an evolving self-concept, but this study represents the first attempt to measure it, explore its nature, and assess its adaptability in terms of important developmental and perceptual outcomes. A pilot study with 97 undergraduates was used to develop multidimensional measures of leadership identity and variability. These measures were further scrutinized in a study of 113 MBA students who wrote about and rated their leadership in 4-6 distinct events that unfolded over the course of three weeks. Across both studies, results confirmed the existence of significant event-level variability in leadership identity self-descriptiveness, and importance. The utilization of two distinct regulation strategies, reappraisal and suppression, was also found to vary. Leaders differed from one another in the extent to which their identification and regulation remained stable or varied across events. Both implicit person theories and variability in event characteristics were found to predict variability in the four focal variability constructs. Overall, these results provide evidence for the importance of studying leadership identity dynamics at the level of events instead of limiting exploration to the person-level. Significant opportunities to expand upon these findings are discussed.
Robert Lord (Advisor)
Paul Levy (Committee Co-Chair)
Dennis Doverspike (Committee Member)
Linda Subich (Committee Member)
Terry Daugherty (Committee Member)
281 p.
Management; Psychology
leadership; identity; identity variability

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  • Hoffman, E. L. (2016). Antecedents and Consequences of Variability in Leadership Identity and Regulation: A Study of Event-Level Leadership Self-Concept [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1453324789

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hoffman, Ernest. Antecedents and Consequences of Variability in Leadership Identity and Regulation: A Study of Event-Level Leadership Self-Concept . 2016. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1453324789.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hoffman, Ernest. "Antecedents and Consequences of Variability in Leadership Identity and Regulation: A Study of Event-Level Leadership Self-Concept ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1453324789

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