Van Vugt, Mark, Jepson, Sarah F., Hart, Claire M., De Cremer, David (2004) Autocratic leadership in social dilemmas: A threat to group stability. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 0022-1031. (doi:10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00061-1) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4532)
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Abstract
This paper investigated the impact of leadership style on the stability of small social dilemma groups. In two experiments, group members were more likely to exit their group and take their resources elsewhere if they were supervised by an autocratic style leader than by a democratic or laissez-faire style leader. The destabilizing influence of autocratic leadership is due to the procedural rather than distributive aspects of this leadership style: More members exited their group under an autocratic style leader, relative to a democratic style leader, regardless of whether or not they received favorable personal outcomes from the leader. Hence, autocratic leadership is not a stable long-term solution to the problem of public goods in groups.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00061-1 |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | C.A. Simms |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2008 14:56 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4532 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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