Motivating Individuals and Groups at Work: A Social Identity Perspective on Leadership and Group Performance

We argue that additional understanding of work motivation can be gained by incorporating current insights concerning self-categorization and social identity processes and by examining the way in which these processes influence the motivation and behavior of individuals and groups at work. This theor...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Academy of Management review 2004-07, Vol.29 (3), p.459-478
Hauptverfasser: Ellemers, Naomi, De Gilder, Dick, Haslam, S. Alexander
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We argue that additional understanding of work motivation can be gained by incorporating current insights concerning self-categorization and social identity processes and by examining the way in which these processes influence the motivation and behavior of individuals and groups at work. This theoretical perspective that focuses on the conditions determining different self-definitions allows us to show how individual and group processes interact to determine work motivations. To illustrate the added value of this approach, we develop some specific propositions concerning motivational processes underpinning leadership and group performance. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0363-7425
1930-3807
DOI:10.2307/20159054