Emery, Cecile, Carnabuci, Gianluca and Brinberg, David (2011) Relational schemas to investigate the process of leadership emergence. In: Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management, pp. 1-6. ISSN 0065-0668 (doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2011.65869653)

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Abstract

Distancing itself from the traditional focus of leadership research on the behaviors and traits characteristic of "leaders," the paper argues that leaders emerge out of a process of social construction. Drawing from relational schema theory, it is argued that group members form leadership perceptions that conform to a limited set of shared "hierarchical" relational schemas. Accordingly, whenever the leadership perceptions of an individual do not conform (i.e., they are hierarchically inconsistent) with those of other group members, he/she is induced to reduce such inconsistencies by aligning his/her own leadership perceptions. The paper tests this argument using a multi-method, multi-study approach. Study 1 follows the process of leadership emergence within a newly formed social group, showing how hierarchical relational schemas are reflected in the evolving network of leadership choices within the group. Study 2 uses a vignette experiment to directly test how hierarchical relational schemas affect people’s leadership perceptions.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings:	Academy of Management Proceedings
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Leadership emergence; Relational schemas; Social network analysis
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Business > Leadership and Organisational Behaviour Research Group
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2016 09:35
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/13977

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