The Effect of Mortality Salience on Subordinates’ Support to Leaders: The Moderating Effect of Leader Gender and Leadership Behavior

• Main Authors: LIU HSING CHIH, 劉幸智
• Other Authors: YEN CHIH LUNG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15356360465178850211

碩士 === 國防大學政治作戰學院 === 心理研究所 === 95 === On the basis of terror management theory (Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon，1986), two studies were conducted to explore the effect of mortality salience, gender of leaders, and leadership behavior on subordinates’ support to leaders. Three variables, including “mortality salience”, “gender of leader” and “leadership behavior (initial structure / consideration)”, were manipulated in study1 116 soldiers who came form 11 military units were randomly assigned to one of the 2 X 2 X 2 conditions. The results found the main effect of leadership behavior which indicates that leaders of consideration are more supported than the initial structure ones. The design of study2 is similar to study1 but using leadership behavior as a within-subjects variable. Subjects include 80 soldiers who came form 7 military units. The results found a three way interaction which indicates that, for female leaders, leaders of initial structure are more supported than the consideration ones, while for male leaders; the supporting of leaders is not affected by leadership behavior.