Gleibs Ilka H
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2025 Apr;64(2):e12805. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12805. Epub 2024 Sep 30.
This paper discusses the importance of a social identity approach to crisis leadership in the context of global crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic and emphasizes the interconnected relationships between leaders and followers. I highlight the role of leaders in fostering unity and shaping citizens' responses especially during crises. I discuss the nature of crises and the significant role of political leaders in guiding societal responses and suggest that crisis leadership extends beyond individual competencies and behaviours and involves a shift from individual to collective responses. With this, I introduce the social identity approach to leadership that views leadership as a social influence process and emphasizes the importance of creating a sense of 'we-ness' among followers. Following from that, crisis leadership involves leaders constructing defining features of collective identity and efficacy to address crises appropriately. However, the value of this approach depends on the careful definition of shared identity boundaries, consideration of diverse experiences within society, the evolving nature of crisis leadership over time and potential consequences of crisis leadership. The sustainability of identity leadership, the dynamics of intergroup and subgroup processes, and the complexities of various crises are identified as areas requiring further research.
本文探讨了社会认同方法在新冠疫情等全球危机背景下对危机领导力的重要性，并强调了领导者与追随者之间的相互联系。我强调了领导者在促进团结和塑造公民应对方式方面的作用，特别是在危机期间。我讨论了危机的本质以及政治领导者在引导社会应对方面的重要作用，并指出危机领导力不仅涉及个人能力和行为，还涉及从个人应对向集体应对的转变。据此，我引入了领导力的社会认同方法，该方法将领导力视为一种社会影响过程，并强调在追随者中营造“我们感”的重要性。在此基础上，危机领导力要求领导者构建集体认同和效能的定义特征，以妥善应对危机。然而，这种方法的价值取决于对共享身份边界的谨慎定义、对社会中不同经历的考虑、危机领导力随时间的演变性质以及危机领导力的潜在后果。身份领导力的可持续性、群体间和子群体过程的动态以及各种危机的复杂性被确定为需要进一步研究的领域。
