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🔍 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 How leaders who embody their group's identity can more effectively drive organizational change? In their article 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, Robin Bachmann, Tabea Scheel, and Rudolf Kerschreiter delve into this intriguing question with empirically grounded insights. 📚 📊 The study surveyed 413 Austrian and German employees from organizations undergoing change. Through survey data, the authors examined the connections between leader group prototypicality 👥, change leadership behaviors 🔄, and organizational identity strength. 💡 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 1️⃣ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 Leaders who are perceived as embodying their group's identity gain greater follower support with fewer explicit change management actions.    2️⃣ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 A strong organizational identity enhances the compensatory effects of prototypical leadership, emphasizing the synergy between identity strength and effective leadership. 🌟 This research substantiates the concept of a“𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁” for group prototypical leaders, aligning with the social identity approach to leadership. The study extends existing literature by 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 that leader group prototypicality is not only a unique predictor above change leadership but also specifically compensates for it.    👉 🌐 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: https://lnkd.in/eQZazizU #Leadership #ChangeManagement #LeadershipDevelopment #OrganizationalChange #WorkplaceDynamics

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Catherine le Roux

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

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