Seminar (Dept. of Organization and Human Resources)

Theme：Team Leader’s Organizational Prototypicality and Leadership Effectiveness: Extending the Social Identity Theory of Leadership

Speaker：Lida L. Zhang (Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau)

Time：2021-12-08 14:00

Address：Tencent Meeting、Room 1008, Mingde Business Building

Language：Chinese/English

Venue: Room 1008, Mingde Business Building

Tencent Meeting https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/jCzP9e4CIYs4 

Meeting ID：419142055

Password：1208

ABSTRACT：  

While traditional social identity theory of leadership focuses on team leader’s prototypicality of the team and an intragroup process underlying its influence on leadership effectiveness, we argue that team leader’s prototypicality of the organization affects leadership effectiveness through intergroup and interpersonal processes. We hypothesize that a team leader’s organizational prototypicality increases team performance and member performance by enhancing members’ perception of their

team’s status and their own organization-based self-esteem, respectively. Data of 288 employees working in 61 teams in six service industry firms in China provided support for our argument. The theoretical and practical implications of our results are discussed.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY：

Lida L. Zhang (PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) is an associate professor of management at the University of Macau. Her research interests include relational demography and diversity, social identity, and employee proactivity. Her research has been published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Asia Pacific Journal of Management.