The bilateral effects of leaders and followers on the leadership processes and outcomes

Embarak, Ahmed Hashem Khamis

Abstract

While theory and research on leaders and leadership proliferate, understanding the behavioural and attitudinal variations of leaders and their subordinates remains one of the challenging issues for the study of leadership effectiveness. Part of this perplexity returns to the lack of comprehensive models that capable to examine the effects of the interactions between individuals' internal (characteristics) and external (perceptions) motives on their attitudes and behaviours at both intra-interpersonal levels of analysis. Drawing from self-concept, regulatory focus, implicit followership and leadership theories, this study examines leaders‘ and followers‘ internal and external motives, interactions and influence on the formation of attitudes and adoption of different behaviours at the intrapersonal level. Further, the study examines the influence of leaders‘ psychological characteristics on their followers‘ attitudes and behaviours at the interpersonal level of analysis. Using a process type model, this research is conducted via three separate studies to examine the intra-interpersonal interactions and influences on the leadership process. The first study results have indicated that leaders‘ psychological characteristics (i.e., identity levels and regulatory focuses) positively interact with their perceptions of followers to influence their manifestation of different leadership behaviours. Results from the second study have indicated a higher order influence of followers‘ regulatory focuses on the formation of their perceptions, attitudes, and work behaviours. The third study provided several positive indicators for the existence of positive correlations between leaders‘ psychological characteristics and the formation of their followers‘ attitudes and behaviours.

Citation

Embarak, A. H. K. The bilateral effects of leaders and followers on the leadership processes and outcomes. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4739162

• Thesis Type: Thesis
• Deposit Date: Jul 18, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 18, 2024
• Keywords: Leadership process; Identity levels; Regulatory focus; Leaders‘ implicit followership; Commitment to change
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4739162
• Additional Information: Business School; University of Hull
• Award Date: Mar 1, 2019