Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
Motivational contagion is a process where one individual’s intentions are adopted by others (Dragoni & Kuenzi, 2012). Leaders enact motivational contagion when they share their goal orientations with followers. The present work proposes applying motivational contagion to a leader-follower dynamic to identify how it occurs and if substitutes/neutralizers to leadership reduce the rates of motivational contagion. Data from 300 followers will be collected using MTurk. It is hypothesized that motivational contagion occurs because leaders behaviorally establish and reinforce a desired climate that signals similar goal orientations in followers. The presence of substitutes/neutralizers to leadership are hypothesized to reduce the rates of motivational contagion. A potential theoretical implication of this research is a fuller explicative understanding of motivational contagion’s process between leaders and followers. A potential practical implication is behavioral guidance for leaders to share a desired goal orientation with followers for stronger work group effectiveness.
Date
October 2020
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
Rights
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License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Included in
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Commons, Personality and Social Contexts Commons, Theory and Philosophy Commons
Motivational contagion in a leader-follower dynamic
Motivational contagion is a process where one individual’s intentions are adopted by others (Dragoni & Kuenzi, 2012). Leaders enact motivational contagion when they share their goal orientations with followers. The present work proposes applying motivational contagion to a leader-follower dynamic to identify how it occurs and if substitutes/neutralizers to leadership reduce the rates of motivational contagion. Data from 300 followers will be collected using MTurk. It is hypothesized that motivational contagion occurs because leaders behaviorally establish and reinforce a desired climate that signals similar goal orientations in followers. The presence of substitutes/neutralizers to leadership are hypothesized to reduce the rates of motivational contagion. A potential theoretical implication of this research is a fuller explicative understanding of motivational contagion’s process between leaders and followers. A potential practical implication is behavioral guidance for leaders to share a desired goal orientation with followers for stronger work group effectiveness.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology