Nik Steffens is an ARC DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in UQ's School of Psychology. Nik has been awarded his PhD in 2012 from the University of Exeter (UK) before joining the School of Psychology in 2012 where he took up a postdoctoral research fellowship and then became a Lecturer in 2017. His research focuses on self and identity, leadership and followership, motivation and creativity, and health and well-being.
In 2017, he won the APS Workplace Excellence Award for Leadership Development (together with Alex Haslam and Kim Peters) for their work with industry partners around the 5R program that seeks to help leaders to develop their leadership and enhance team functioning and well-being. In 2018, he was awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA; a 3-year research fellowship) from the Australian Research Council.
Journal Article: Leadership as social identity management: introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Reicher, Stephen D., Platow, Michael J., Fransen, Katrien, Yang, Jie, Ryan, Michelle K., Jetten, Jolanda, Peters, Kim and Boen, Filip (2014) Leadership as social identity management: introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model. The Leadership Quarterly, 25 5: 1001-1024. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.05.002
Journal Article: Power through 'Us': leaders' use of we-referencing language predicts election victory
Steffens, Niklas K. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2013) Power through 'Us': leaders' use of we-referencing language predicts election victory. PLoS One, 8 10: e77952.1-e77952.6. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077952
Journal Article: Up close and personal: evidence that shared social identity is a basis for the 'special' relationship that binds followers to leaders
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander and Reicher, Stephen D. (2013) Up close and personal: evidence that shared social identity is a basis for the 'special' relationship that binds followers to leaders. Leadership Quarterly, 25 2: 296-313. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.008
Adjustment to retirement as a process of social identity change
(2018–2021) AustralianSuper
How beliefs about others' social identification shape behaviour
(2018–2021) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
5R Leadership Development Program: Mackay Pilot
(2018–2019) Workcover Queensland
Where You Lead, I Shall Follow? A Social Identity Perspective on Followership
Doctor Philosophy
Identity Leadership: The dynamic structure of work team identity and ways leaders can manage it.
Doctor Philosophy
When Leaders Fall: Exploring the Process of Leadership Destabilisation
Doctor Philosophy
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Reicher, Stephen D., Platow, Michael J., Fransen, Katrien, Yang, Jie, Ryan, Michelle K., Jetten, Jolanda, Peters, Kim and Boen, Filip (2014) Leadership as social identity management: introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model. The Leadership Quarterly, 25 5: 1001-1024. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.05.002
Power through 'Us': leaders' use of we-referencing language predicts election victory
Steffens, Niklas K. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2013) Power through 'Us': leaders' use of we-referencing language predicts election victory. PLoS One, 8 10: e77952.1-e77952.6. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077952
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander and Reicher, Stephen D. (2013) Up close and personal: evidence that shared social identity is a basis for the 'special' relationship that binds followers to leaders. Leadership Quarterly, 25 2: 296-313. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.008
Reicher, Stephen, Haslam, S. Alexander, Platow, Michael and Steffens, Nik (2016). Tyranny and leadership. In Shelley McKeown, Neil Ferguson and Reeshma Haji (Ed.), Understanding peace and conflict through social identity theory: contemporary global perspectives (pp. 71-87) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29869-6_5
To lead, ASPIRe: Building organic organizational identity
Peters, Kim, Haslam, S. Alexander, Ryan, Michelle K. and Steffens, Niklas K. (2015). To lead, ASPIRe: Building organic organizational identity. In Sabine Otten, Karen van der Zee and Marilynn B. Brewer (Ed.), Towards inclusive organizations: Determinants of successful diversity management at work (pp. 87-107) New York, United States: Psychology Press.
Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine, Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S Alexander, Fong, Polly and Lam, Ben C P (2019) Friendships that money can buy: financial security protects health in retirement by enabling social connectedness. BMC geriatrics, 19 1: . doi:10.1186/s12877-019-1281-1
Steffens, Niklas K., Slade, Emma L., Stevens, Mark, Haslam, S. Alexander and Rees, Tim (2019) Putting the ‘we’ into workout: the association of identity leadership with exercise class attendance and effort, and the mediating role of group identification and comfort. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 45 . doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101544
Fransen, Katrien, Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K., Mallett, Clifford J., Peters, Kim and Boen, Filip (2019) Making ‘us’ better: high-quality athlete leadership relates to health and burnout in professional Australian football teams. European Journal of Sport Science, . doi:10.1080/17461391.2019.1680736
Steffens, Niklas K., La Rue, Crystal J., Haslam, Catherine, Walter, Zoe C., Cruwys, Tegan, Munt, Katie A., Alexander Haslam, S., Jetten, Jolanda and Tarrant, Mark (2019) Social identification-building interventions to improve health: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review, 1-66. doi:10.1080/17437199.2019.1669481
Wang, Zhechen, Jetten, Jolanda and Steffens, Niklas K. (2019) The more you have, the more you want? Higher social class predicts a greater desire for wealth and status. European Journal of Social Psychology, . doi:10.1002/ejsp.2620
Stevens, Mark, Rees, Tim, Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Coffee, Pete and Polman, Remco (2019) Leaders’ creation of shared identity impacts group members’ effort and performance: Evidence from an exercise task. PLoS One, 14 7: . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218984
Shared social identity content is the basis for leaders’ mobilization of followers
Slater, Matthew J., Coffee, Pete, Barker, Jamie B., Haslam, S. Alexander and Steffens, Niklas K. (2019) Shared social identity content is the basis for leaders’ mobilization of followers. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 43 271-278. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.03.012
Steffens, Niklas K., Peters, Kim, Haslam, S. Alexander and Platow, Michael J. (2019) One of us … and us … and us: evidence that leaders’ multiple identity prototypicality (LMIP) is related to their perceived effectiveness. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 3 2: 175-199. doi:10.1080/23743603.2019.1624156
Rink, Floor, Stoker, Janka, Ryan, Michelle K., Steffens, Niklas K. and Pieterse, Anne Nederveen (2019) Gender differences in how leaders determine succession potential: the role of interpersonal fit with followers. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 . doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00752
Predictors of social identification in group therapy
Cruwys, Tegan, Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Haslam, Catherine, Hornsey, Matthew J., McGarty, Craig and Skorich, Daniel P. (2019) Predictors of social identification in group therapy. Psychotherapy Research, . doi:10.1080/10503307.2019.1587193
Stevens, Mark, Rees, Tim, Coffee, Pete, Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander and Polman, Remco (2019) Leading us to be active: A two-wave test of relationships between identity leadership, group identification, and attendance. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, . doi:10.1037/spy0000164
Shared adversity increases team creativity through fostering supportive interaction
Bastian, Brock, Jetten, Jolanda, Thai, Hannibal A. and Steffens, Niklas K. (2018) Shared adversity increases team creativity through fostering supportive interaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 NOV: . doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02309
Haslam, Catherine, Lam, Ben C. P., Branscombe, Nyla R., Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Cruwys, Tegan, Fong, Polly and Ball, Thomas C. (2018) Adjusting to life in retirement: the protective role of new group memberships and identification as a retiree. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, . doi:10.1080/1359432X.2018.1538127
Identity economics meets identity leadership: exploring the consequences of elevated CEO pay
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Peters, Kim and Quiggin, John (2018) Identity economics meets identity leadership: exploring the consequences of elevated CEO pay. The Leadership Quarterly, . doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.10.001
van Dick, Rolf, Fink, Louisa, Steffens, Niklas K, Peters, Kim and Haslam, S. Alexander (2018) Attributions of leaders’ charisma increase after their death: The mediating role of identity leadership and identity fusion. Leadership, . doi:10.1177/1742715018807042
Crane, Monique Frances, Louis, Winnifred R., Phillips, Jacqueline K., Amiot, Catherine E. and Steffens, Niklas K. (2018) Identity centrality moderates the relationship between acceptance of group-based stressors and well-being. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48 6: 866-882. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2367
Ciampa, Valeria, Steffens, Niklas K., Schuh, Sebastian C., Fraccaroli, Franco and van Dick, Rolf (2018) Identity and stress: an application of the expanded model of organisational identification in predicting strain at work. Work and Stress, 1-15. doi:10.1080/02678373.2018.1521884
Multiple social groups support adjustment to retirement across cultures
Lam, Ben C. P., Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K., Cruwys, Tegan, Jetten, Jolanda and Yang, Jie (2018) Multiple social groups support adjustment to retirement across cultures. Social Science & Medicine, 208 200-208. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.049
How feedback about leadership potential impacts ambition, organizational commitment, and performance
Steffens, Niklas K., Fonseca, Miguel A., Ryan, Michelle K., Rink, Floor A., Stoker, Janka I. and Nederveen Pieterse, Anne (2018) How feedback about leadership potential impacts ambition, organizational commitment, and performance. Leadership Quarterly, 29 6: 637-647. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.06.001
Leaders promote attendance in sport and exercise sessions by fostering social identity
Stevens, M., Rees, T., Coffee, P., Haslam, S.A., Steffens, N.K. and Polman, R. (2018) Leaders promote attendance in sport and exercise sessions by fostering social identity. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 28 9: 2100-2108. doi:10.1111/sms.13217
Peters, Kim, Steffens, Niklas K. and Morgenroth, Thekla (2018) Superstars are not necessarily role models: morality perceptions moderate the impact of competence perceptions on supervisor role modeling. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48 6: 725-746. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2372
Slater, Matthew J., Haslam, S. Alexander and Steffens, Niklas K. (2018) Singing it for "us": Team passion displayed during national anthems is associated with subsequent success. European Journal of Sport Science, 18 4: 1-9. doi:10.1080/17461391.2018.1431311
Registered replication report: Dijksterhuis and van Knippenberg (1998)
O’Donnell, Michael, Nelson, Leif D., Ackermann, Evi, Aczel, Balazs, Akhtar, Athfah, Aldrovandi, Silvio, Alshaif, Nasseem, Andringa, Ronald, Aveyard, Mark, Babincak, Peter, Balatekin, Nursena, Baldwin, Scott A., Banik, Gabriel, Baskin, Ernest, Bell, Raoul, Białobrzeska, Olga, Birt, Angie R., Boot, Walter R., Braithwaite, Scott R., Briggs, Jessie C., Buchner, Axel, Budd, Desiree, Budzik, Kathryn, Bullens, Lottie, Bulley, Richard L., Cannon, Peter R., Cantarero, Katarzyna, Cesario, Joseph, Chambers, Stephanie, Chartier, Christopher R., Chekroun, Peggy, Chong, Clara, Cleeremans, Axel, Coary, Sean P., Coulthard, Jacob, Cramwinckel, Florien M., Denson, Thomas F., Díaz-Lago, Marcos, DiDonato, Theresa E., Drummond, Aaron, Eberlen, Julia, Ebersbach, Titus, Edlund, John E., Finnigan, Katherine M., Fisher, Justin, Frankowska, Natalia, García-Sánchez, Efraín, Golom, Frank D., Graves, Andrew J., Greenberg, Kevin, Hanioti, Mando, Hansen, Heather A., Harder, Jenna A., Harrell, Erin R., Hartanto, Andree, Inzlicht, Michael, Johnson, David J., Karpinski, Andrew, Keller, Victor N., Klein, Olivier, Koppel, Lina, Krahmer, Emiel, Lantian, Anthony, Larson, Michael J., Légal, Jean-Baptiste, Lucas, Richard E., Lynott, Dermot, Magaldino, Corey M., Massar, Karlijn, McBee, Matthew T., McLatchie, Neil, Melia, Nadhilla, Mensink, Michael C., Mieth, Laura, Moore-Berg, Samantha, Neeser, Geraldine, Newell, Ben R., Noordewier, Marret K., Özdogğru, Asil Ali, Pantazi, Myrto, Parzuchowski, Michał, Peters, Kim, Philipp, Michael C., Pollmann, Monique M. H., Rentzelas, Panagiotis, Rodríguez-Bailón, Rosa, Röer, Jan Philipp, Ropovik, Ivan, Roque, Nelson A., Rueda, Carolina, Rutjens, Bastiaan T., Sackett, Katey, Salamon, Janos, Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel, Saunders, Blair, Schaafsma, Juliette, Schulte-Mecklenbeck, Michael, Shanks, David R., Sherman, Martin F., Steele, Kenneth M., Steffens, Niklas K., Sun, Jessie, Susa, Kyle J., Szaszi, Barnabas, Szollosi, Aba, Tamayo, Ricardo M., Tinghög, Gustav, Tong, Yuk-Yue, Tweten, Carol, Vadillo, Miguel A., Valcarcel, Deisy, Van der Linden, Nicolas, van Elk, Michiel, van Harreveld, Frenk, Västfjäll, Daniel, Vazire, Simine, Verduyn, Philippe, Williams, Matt N., Willis, Guillermo B., Wood, Sarah E., Yang, Chunliang, Zerhouni, Oulmann, Zheng, Robert and Zrubka, Mark (2018) Registered replication report: Dijksterhuis and van Knippenberg (1998). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13 2: 268-294. doi:10.1177/1745691618755704
Haslam, S. Alexander, McMahon, Charlotte, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda and Steffens, Niklas K. (2018) Social cure, what social cure? The propensity to underestimate the importance of social factors for health. Social Science & Medicine, 198 14-21. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.020
van Dick, Rolf, Lemoine, Jérémy E., Steffens, Niklas K., Kerschreiter, Rudolf, Akfirat, Serap Arslan, Avanzi, Lorenzo, Dumont, Kitty, Epitropaki, Olga, Fransen, Katrien, Giessner, Steffen, González, Roberto, Kark, Ronit, Lipponen, Jukka, Markovits, Yannis, Monzani, Lucas, Orosz, Gábor, Pandey, Diwakar, Roland-Lévy, Christine, Schuh, Sebastian, Sekiguchi, Tomoki, Song, Lynda Jiwen, Stouten, Jeroen, Tatachari, Srinivasan, Valdenegro, Daniel, van Bunderen, Lisanne, Vörös, Viktor, Wong, Sut I., Zhang, Xin-an and Haslam, Alexander (2018) Identity leadership going global: validation of the Identity Leadership Inventory across 20 countries. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, . doi:10.1111/joop.12223
Haslam, Catherine, Steffens, Niklas K., Branscombe, Nyla R., Haslam, S. Alexander, Cruwys, Tegan, Lam, Ben C. P., Pachana, Nancy A. and Yang, Jie (2018) The importance of social groups for retirement adjustment: evidence, application, and policy implications of the social identity model of identity change. Social Issues and Policy Review, 1-32. doi:10.1111/sipr.12049
Lipponen, Jukka, Steffens, Niklas and Holtz, Brian (2017) Prototypical supervisors shape lay-off victims' experiences of top management justice and organizational support. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91 1: 158-180. doi:10.1111/joop.12197
Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander, Cruwys, Tegan, Greenaway, Katharine H., Haslam, Catherine and Steffens, Niklas K. (2017) Advancing the social identity approach to health and well-being: progressing the social cure research agenda. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47 7: 789-802. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2333
Steffens, Niklas K, Yang, Jie, Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S Alexander and Lipponen, Jukka (2017) The Unfolding Impact of Leader Identity Entrepreneurship on Burnout, Work Engagement, and Turnover Intentions. Journal of occupational health psychology, 23 3: 373-387. doi:10.1037/ocp0000090
A social identity approach to leadership development: the 5R program
Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K., Peters, Kim, Boyce, Rosalie A., Mallett, Clifford J. and Fransen, Katrien (2017) A social identity approach to leadership development: the 5R program. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 16 3: 113-124. doi:10.1027/1866-5888/a000176
A social identity analysis of responses to economic inequality
Jetten, Jolanda, Wang, Zhechen, Steffens, Niklas K, Mols, Frank, Peters, Kim and Verkuyten, Maykel (2017) A social identity analysis of responses to economic inequality. Current Opinion in Psychology, 18 1-5. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.05.011
A social identity approach to understanding and promoting physical activity
Stevens, Mark, Rees, Tim, Coffee, Pete, Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander and Polman, Remco (2017) A social identity approach to understanding and promoting physical activity. Sports Medicine, 47 10: 1-8. doi:10.1007/s40279-017-0720-4
Genius begins at home: Shared social identity enhances the recognition of creative performance
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Ryan, Michelle K. and Millard, Kathryn (2017) Genius begins at home: Shared social identity enhances the recognition of creative performance. British Journal of Psychology, 108 4: 721-736. doi:10.1111/bjop.12242
Fransen, Katrien, Haslam, S. Alexander, Mallett, Cliff J., Steffens, Niklas K., Peters, Kim and Boen, Filip (2017) Is perceived athlete leadership quality related to team effectiveness? A comparison of three professional sports teams. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20 8: 800-806. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2016.11.024
Fransen, Katrien, Haslam, S. Alexander, Mallett, Cliff J., Steffens, Niklas K., Peters, Kim and Boen, Filip (2016) Leading from the centre: a comprehensive examination of the relationship between central playing positions and leadership in sport. PLoS ONE, 11 12: e0168150. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168150
Steffens, N. K., Haslam, S. A., Jetten, J. and Mols, F. (2016) Our followers are lions, theirs are sheep: how social identity shapes theories about followership and social influence.. Political Psychology, 39 1: 23-42. doi:10.1111/pops.12387
Fransen, K., Steffens, N. K., Haslam, S. A., Vanbeselaere, N., Vande Broek, G. and Boen, F. (2016) We will be champions: leaders' confidence in ‘us’ inspires team members' team confidence and performance. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 26 12: 1455-1469. doi:10.1111/sms.12603
Steffens, Niklas K., Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan and Haslam, S. Alexander (2016) Multiple social identities enhance health post-retirement because they are a basis for giving social support. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 OCT: 1519. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01519
Dying for charisma: Leaders' inspirational appeal increases post-mortem
Steffens, Niklas K., Peters, Kim, Haslam, S. Alexander and van Dick, Rolf (2016) Dying for charisma: Leaders' inspirational appeal increases post-mortem. Leadership Quarterly, 28 4: 530-542. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.09.001
A meta-analytic review of social identification and health in organizational contexts
Steffens, Niklas K. , Haslam, S. Alexander, Schuh, Sebastian C., Jetten, Jolanda and van Dick, Rolf (2016) A meta-analytic review of social identification and health in organizational contexts. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 21 4: 303-335. doi:10.1177/1088868316656701
Steffens, Niklas K, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda and Haslam, S Alexander (2016) Social group memberships in retirement are associated with reduced risk of premature death: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open, 6 2: . doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010164
How multiple social identities are related to creativity
Steffens, Niklas K., Goclowska, Malgorzata A., Cruwys, Tegan and Galinsky, Adam D. (2016) How multiple social identities are related to creativity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42 2: 188-203. doi:10.1177/0146167215619875
Cruwys, Tegan, Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, Stephen Alexander, Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2016) Social Identity Mapping: a procedure for visual representation and assessment of subjective multiple group memberships. British Journal of Social Psychology, 55 4: 613-642. doi:10.1111/bjso.12155
True to what We stand for: Championing collective interests as a path to authentic leadership
Steffens, Nick K., Mols, Frank, Haslam, S. Alexander and Okimoto, Tyler G. (2016) True to what We stand for: Championing collective interests as a path to authentic leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 27 5: 726-744. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.04.004
Fransen, Katrien, Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K., Vanbeselaere, Norbert, De Cuyper, Bert and Boen, Filip (2015) Believing in ‘us’: exploring leaders’ capacity to enhance team confidence and performance by building a sense of shared social identity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 21 1: 89-100. doi:10.1037/xap0000033
Steffens, Niklas K, Schuh, Sebastian, Haslam, S. Alexander, Perez, Antonia and van Dick , Rolf (2015) 'Of the group' and 'for the group': How followership is shaped by leaders' prototypicality and group identification. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45 2: 180-190. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2088
There is no leadership if no one follows: Why leadership is necessarily a group process
Platow, Michael J., Haslam, S. Alexander, Reicher, Stephen D. and Steffens, Niklas K. (2015) There is no leadership if no one follows: Why leadership is necessarily a group process. International Coaching Psychology Review, 10 1: 20-37.
Why a nudge is not enough: a social identity critique of governance by stealth
Mols, Frank, Haslam, S. Alexander, Jetten, Jolanda and Steffens, Niklas K. (2015) Why a nudge is not enough: a social identity critique of governance by stealth. European Journal of Political Research, 54 1: 81-98. doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12073
Molenberghs, Pascal, Prochilo, Guy, Steffens, Niklas K., Zacher, Hannes and Haslam, S. Alexander (2015) The neuroscience of inspirational leadership: the importance of collective-oriented language and shared group membership.. Journal of Management, 43 7: 2168-2194. doi:10.1177/0149206314565242
To lead, ASPIRe Building organic organizational identity
Peters, Kim, Haslam, S. Alexander, Ryan, Michelle K. and Steffens, Niklas K. (2015) To lead, ASPIRe Building organic organizational identity. Towards Inclusive Organizations: Determinants of Successful Diversity Management At Work, 87-107.
Organizational tenure and employee performance: a multilevel analysis
Steffens, Niklas K., Shemla, Meir, Wegge, Juergen and Diestel, Stefan (2014) Organizational tenure and employee performance: a multilevel analysis. Group and Organization Management, 39 6: 664-690. doi:10.1177/1059601114553512
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Reicher, Stephen D., Platow, Michael J., Fransen, Katrien, Yang, Jie, Ryan, Michelle K., Jetten, Jolanda, Peters, Kim and Boen, Filip (2014) Leadership as social identity management: introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model. The Leadership Quarterly, 25 5: 1001-1024. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.05.002
Leaders enhance group members' work engagement and reduce their burnout by crafting social identity
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Kerschreiter, Rudolf, Schuh, Sebastian C. and van Dick, Rolf (2014) Leaders enhance group members' work engagement and reduce their burnout by crafting social identity. Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung, 28 1-2: 173-194. doi:10.1688/ZfP-2014-01-Steffens
Power through 'Us': leaders' use of we-referencing language predicts election victory
Steffens, Niklas K. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2013) Power through 'Us': leaders' use of we-referencing language predicts election victory. PLoS One, 8 10: e77952.1-e77952.6. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077952
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Ryan, Michelle K. and Kessler, Thomas (2013) Leader performance and prototypicality: their inter-relationship and impact on leaders' identity entrepreneurship. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43 7: 606-613. doi:10.1002/ejsp.1985
Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander and Reicher, Stephen D. (2013) Up close and personal: evidence that shared social identity is a basis for the 'special' relationship that binds followers to leaders. Leadership Quarterly, 25 2: 296-313. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.008
Incentives and Australians’ passport care
Greenaway, Katharine, Peters, Kim, Steffens, Niklas, Haslam, S. Alexander, Sanderson, Penelope and Tangen, Jason (2014) Incentives and Australians’ passport care :
Adjustment to retirement as a process of social identity change
(2018–2021) AustralianSuper
How beliefs about others' social identification shape behaviour
(2018–2021) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
5R Leadership Development Program: Mackay Pilot
(2018–2019) Workcover Queensland
COMPASS - passport processing research project
(2017–2019) Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Adjustment to retirement through social identity change
(2016–2019) ARC Discovery Projects
COMPASS - passport processing research project
(2015–2017) Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Leadership and Identity Development in Allied Health (LIDAH)
(2013) Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Where You Lead, I Shall Follow? A Social Identity Perspective on Followership
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Identity Leadership: The dynamic structure of work team identity and ways leaders can manage it.
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
When Leaders Fall: Exploring the Process of Leadership Destabilisation
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Who Aspires to Have More? The Impacts of Social Class and Economic Inequality on People¿s Desire for Wealth and Status
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Adjustment to retirement as a process of social identity change
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
An examination of shared leadership within athlete leasders in elite Australian sporting teams
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2017) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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