title: Leadership in nonprofit organizations of Nicaragua and El Salvador: a study from the social identity theory.
abstract: This study follows the social identity model of leadership proposed by van Knippenberg and Hogg (2003), in order to examine empirically the mediator effect of leadership prototypicality between social identity, extra effort, and perceived effectiveness of group members. The sample consisted of 109 participants who worked in 22 different work-teams of non-profit organizations (NPO) from Nicaragua and El Salvador. The data analysis was performed through structural equation modeling (SEM). The results show that NPO membership is related to a high level of social identity. In addition, the results confirmed that leadership prototypicality has a significant and positive mediator effect in the relationship between the group identification and the group members' extra effort and the perceived effectiveness of leadership.
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Psicología Social y de las Organizaciones, Facultad de Psicología, UNED.C/ Juan del Rosal 10 (Ciudad Universitaria). Madrid 28040, Spain. jamoriano@psi.uned.es
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Moriano León
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Topa Cantisano
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lévy Mangin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003469:Culture; D003906:Developing Countries; D004544:El Salvador; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D009527:Nicaragua; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D010551:Personality; D012928:Social Desirability; D012933:Social Identification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires