Small Group Research

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Free Access - Register Here

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ellis, R. J.
Right arrow Articles by Cronshaw, S. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Small Group Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, 113-129 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/1046496492231007

Self-Monitoring and Leader Emergence

A Test of Moderator Effects

Robert J. Ellis

Wilfrid Laurier University

Steven F. Cronshaw

University of Guelph

The present research seeks to further understanding of the relationship between self-monitoring and leader emergence in groups. It does so by focusing on two proposed moderators of this relationship: sex of the group members and nature of the task confronting the group. On the basis of previous research, it was hypothesized that high self-monitoring would be related to leader emergence for males, but not for females, in mixed-sex groups. Further, the relationship between self-monitoring and leader emergence was hypothesized to be stronger for a task providing minimal feedback on the task competence of group members. These hypotheses were tested in a long-term study of natural mixed-sex groups. The sex-moderator hypothesis was supported, but the task-moderator hypothesis was not. Post hoc analyses suggested that high self-monitors emerge as group leaders because they are more adaptive in their behavior than low self-monitors. Both theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Small Group ResearchHome page
G. J. Galanes
In Their Own Words: An Exploratory Study of Bona Fide Group Leaders
Small Group Research, December 1, 2003; 34(6): 741 - 770.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Human Resource Development ReviewHome page
M. London
Antecedents and Consequences of Self-Verification: Implications for Individual and Group Development
Human Resource Development Review, September 1, 2003; 2(3): 273 - 293.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Small Group ResearchHome page
M. J. Neubert
Too Much of a Good Thing or the more the Merrier?: Exploring the Dispersion and Gender Composition of Informal Leadership in Manufacturing Teams
Small Group Research, October 1, 1999; 30(5): 635 - 646.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Journal of Business CommunicationHome page
J. A. Kolb
The Relationship Between Self-Monitoring and Leadership in Student Project Groups
Journal of Business Communication, April 1, 1998; 35(2): 264 - 282.
[Abstract] [PDF]