Meleady, Rose and Crisp, Richard J. (2017) 'Take it to the top : imagined interactions with leaders elevates organizational identification.', Leadership quarterly., 28 (5). pp. 621-638.
Abstract
Organizational identification is an important predictor of workplace behavior. The more strongly an individual identifies with their employing organization, the more motivated they will be to behave in ways that promote its success. In this paper we develop a new approach to fostering organizational identification based on principles of mental simulation. Across seven experiments we demonstrate that imagining positive contact with an organizational leader increases identification with the organization they represent. Experiments 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B replicated the basic effect against progressively varied control conditions, utilizing both scenario and field experiments. Experiment 4 demonstrated that as a consequence of heightened organizational identification following the imagined contact task, participants reported greater intentions to engage in organizational citizenship behaviors. We conclude by discussing the potential application of this technique as a simple and effective way for organizations to foster employees' motivation and performance.
Item Type: | Article |
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Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Available under License - Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download PDF (585Kb) |
Status: | Peer-reviewed |
Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.01.008 |
Publisher statement: | © 2017 This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Date accepted: | 20 January 2017 |
Date deposited: | 21 August 2018 |
Date of first online publication: | 25 January 2017 |
Date first made open access: | 21 August 2018 |
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