When our leaders harm outgroups: How leader prototypicality and situational ambiguity shape outgroup solidarity and leader punishment
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Published online on March 12, 2026
Abstract
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When prototypical leaders commit organizational transgressions, highly-identified members of the organizations are motivated to punish their leaders, due to increased group-based image concerns. However, do similar dynamics apply when high-status ingroup ...
When prototypical leaders commit organizational transgressions, highly-identified members of the organizations are motivated to punish their leaders, due to increased group-based image concerns. However, do similar dynamics apply when high-status ingroup ...