emlyon business school, France.
Maynooth University, Ireland.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2020 Apr;46(4):525-546. doi: 10.1177/0146167219865514. Epub 2019 Jul 27.
Two experiments tested the role of global and relationship-specific attachment orientations in leader transference, a social-cognitive process in which mental representations of past leaders are associated with the evaluations of new, similar leaders. Individuals scoring higher on anxious attachment were more likely to hold high just treatment expectations of new leaders who were similar to their previous leaders. Conversely, avoidant individuals evaluated new similar leaders low on just treatment expectations and perceived them as less effective. Relationship-specific attachment orientations predicted transfer of behavioral judgments of just treatment, while global attachment orientations predicted transfer of perceived leader effectiveness. These effects were moderated by culture. In two collectivistic cultures (Greece and India), avoidant individuals demonstrated low just treatment expectations of their new similar leader. In an individualistic culture (United States), avoidant participants showed high behavioral expectations of their new, similar, leader. The results inform emerging views on relational social-cognitive processes in leader-follower interactions.
两个实验测试了全球和关系特定的依恋取向在领导转移中的作用，领导转移是一种社会认知过程，其中过去领导者的心理表征与对新的、相似的领导者的评价相关联。在焦虑依恋得分较高的个体中，他们更有可能对与前任领导者相似的新领导者持有高度的公正待遇期望。相反，回避型个体对新的相似领导者的公正待遇期望较低，并认为他们的效率较低。关系特定的依恋取向预测公正待遇行为判断的转移，而全球依恋取向预测感知到的领导者有效性的转移。这些影响受到文化的调节。在两个集体主义文化（希腊和印度）中，回避型个体对他们新的相似领导者的公正待遇期望较低。在个人主义文化（美国）中，回避型参与者对他们新的、相似的领导者表现出高度的行为期望。研究结果为领导-下属互动中的关系社会认知过程的新兴观点提供了信息。
