- Title
- Collective mobilisation as a contest for influence: Leading for change or against the status quo?
- Creator
- Subašić, Emina; Mohamed, Shaistha; Reynolds, Katherine J.; Rushton, Clare; Haslam, S. Alexander
- Relation
- European Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 52, Issue 7, p. 1111-1127
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2891
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Leadership is central to understanding social continuity and change, though rarely features in the study of collective action. Across three experiments (total N = 687), we examine how followers’ support for pro-change leaders (Experiments 1–3) and pro-status quo leaders (Experiments 1–2) varies as a function of leader alignment with group normative trajectory, the presence (vs. absence) of competing leaders, and shared group membership with followers. When pro-change leaders were aligned with the normative trajectory of the group, they elicited higher collective action and voting intentions compared to pro-status quo leaders (Experiments 1–2). When change leaders were non-aligned, participants instead supported the pro-status quo alternative (Experiment 1–2). Finally, the presence of leadership contests with aligned change leaders (Experiment 2) and pro-status quo leaders (Experiments 2–3) reduced collective action and support for non-aligned change leaders or those facing a polarised followership. Implications for research at the nexus of leadership and collective action are discussed.
- Subject
- collective action; gender equality; leadership; mobilisation; social change; social identity; SDG 5; SDG 10; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1478041
- Identifier
- uon:50087
- Identifier
- ISSN:0046-2772
- Rights
- © 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
- Language
- eng
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