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Author: | Graf, M.M. Quaquebeke, N. Van Dick, R. Van |
Title: | Two independent value orientations: ideal and counter-ideal leader values and their impact on followers' respect for and identification with their leaders |
Journal: | Journal of Business Ethics
2011 : DEC, VOL. 104:2, p. 185-195 |
Index terms: | leadership questionnaires regression analysis attitudes social psychology social values |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Conventionally, conceptualizations of human values are based on the supposition that individuals possess a single integrated value system involving the values that people are attracted by and aspire for. Recently, however, van Quaquebeke et al. (in J Bus Ethics 93:293-305, 2010) suggested that a value system might consist of two mostly independent value orientations: one of ideal values and another of counter-ideal values (values that repel individuals), and that both orientations exhibit antithetic impacts on people's reactions to the social world. Following a call for further research on this distinction, two studies were conducted to evaluate the independent effects of ideal and counter-ideal values in leadership settings. Study 1 ( N = 131) reveals that both value orientations explain unique variance in followers' vertical respect for their leaders, while study 2 ( N = 136) verifies these results and additionally shows an analogous influence for followers' identification with their leaders. Most importantly, both value orientations are found to exhibit their effects only independently when the content of the two orientations is linked with different value types in Schwartz's (in J Soc Issues 50:19-46, 1994) circumplex model. We also discuss implications for theory and practice. |
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