AUTHOR=Mascarenhas Mafalda F. , Dübbers Felix , Hoszowska Magdalena , Köseoğlu Aylin , Karakasheva Ralitsa , Topal Ayse B. , Izydorczyk David , Lemoine Jérémy E. 

TITLE=The Power of Choice: A Study Protocol on How Identity Leadership Fosters Commitment Toward the Organization

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2018

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01677

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01677

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Identity leadership describes that the effectiveness of a leader will depend upon his capacity to represent a given group, to make the group go forward, to create a group identity and to make the group matter. An identity leader may increase commitment among his followers by increasing the perception of shared identity and giving more weight in the decision process to his followers. We aim to explore the mechanisms through which a leader who creates a shared group identity can increase organizational commitment. In the first study, we plan to conduct a cross-cultural correlational study where we aim to test if the relationship between identity leadership and organizational commitment is mediated by team identification and mediated-moderated by participation in decision making and collective efficacy. In the second study, we aim to explore the direction of the causality between identity leadership and participation in decision making. To test this hypothesis, we will conduct an experimental study in which (1) we will manipulate identity leadership to test its influence on the perception of participation in decision making and (2) we will manipulate participation in decision making to test its influence on the perception of identity leadership. Thus, we will be able to identify the role of identity leadership and the perception of participation in decision making on organizational commitment.