Gender and leadership aspiration: the impact of organizational identification
Gender and leadership aspiration: the impact of organizational identification
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DOI：
10.1108/lodj-05-2016-0120
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发表时间：
2017-11
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
C. Fritz;D. Knippenberg
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作者：
C. Fritz;D. Knippenberg
目的虽然如今担任领导职务的女性越来越多，但她们仍然是少数。因为抱负是进步的前兆，所以研究培养女性领导抱负的条件很重要。一个被忽视的视角是组织认同的影响。认同可以被认为是为了培养领导抱负，因为领导力的本质是追求集体利益，而认同是这种追求的动力。本文旨在探讨这些问题。设计/方法/方法选定了一项横断面调查设计，其中有400名全职男女，为不同的组织工作。初步预测是，身份认同对女性的领导抱负更为重要，因为性别与社区取向有关，因为女性往往具有更强的社区取向，与之相关的更大的从属关系需求，而组织认同有望满足这些需求。支持组织认同对领导抱负的社区导向互动影响。此外，通过社区取向和组织认同的互动影响，性别对领导抱负的间接影响也得到了支持。研究限制/影响由于选定的调查方法，数据相互关联，因此不能提及因果关系问题。因此，需要(现场)实验数据来证实这些发现。文件中的实际影响讨论的重点是创造一种更有利于组织认同的环境的重要性，并由此谈到社区取向--在妇女中更加明显--通过渴望担任领导职位来采取有利于组织的行动。独创性/价值本报告的结果描述了了解组织认同和社区取向如何相互作用以及它们如何与妇女的领导抱负相互作用的重要一步。
Purpose Although nowadays more women occupy leadership roles, they still are a minority. Because aspiration is a precursor of advancement, examining conditions fostering female leadership aspiration is important. A neglected perspective is the impact of organizational identification. Identification can be argued to foster leadership aspiration because the essence of leadership is the pursuit of collective interests, and identification motivates such pursuits. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey design with an n=400 fulltime employed men and women, working for various organizations was selected. Findings The initial prediction was that identification is more important to women’s leadership aspiration to the extent that gender is associated with communal orientation, because women tend to have stronger communal orientation with associated greater affiliation needs, and organizational identification can be expected to cater to those needs. The communal orientation by organizational identification interactive influence on leadership aspiration was supported. Also, the indirect effect of gender on leadership aspiration via this interactive influence of communal orientation and organizational identification was supported. Research limitations/implications Due to the selected survey approach the data are correlational and as a result no reference to matters of causality can be made. Thus (field) experimental data is needed to confirm these findings. Practical implications Within the paper the discussion focuses on the importance of creating an environment that is more conducive to organizational identification and as such speaks to the communal orientation – being more pronounced among women – to act in favor of the organization by aspiring leadership positions. Originality/value The presented results depict an important step toward understanding how organizational identification and communal orientation interact and how they interact with women’s leadership aspiration.