title: Authentic leadership, group cohesion and group identification in security and emergency teams.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Authentic leadership (AL) is a kind of leadership that inspires and promotes positive psychological capacities, underlining the moral and ethical component of behavior. The proposed investigation studies the relations among AL, cohesion, and group identification in security and emergency teams.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional research design was conducted in which participated 221 members from 26 fire departments and operative teams from the local police of three Spanish provinces. The following questionnaires were administered: Authentic Leadership (ALQ), Group Cohesion (GEQ), and Mael and Ashford's Group Identification Questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A direct and positive relation was found between AL, cohesion, and group identification. An indirect relation was also found between AL and group cohesion through group identification, indicating the existence of partial mediation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The utility of the proposed model based on AL is considered; this model can be employed by those in charge of the fire departments and operative groups in organizations to improve workteams' cohesion. Both AL and group identification help to explain group cohesion in organizations committed to security and emergencies.
authors: Universidad de Granada, Centro Mixto UGR- MADOC.
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: García-Guiu López
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Molero Alonso
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: Moya Morales
authors: Juan Antonio
authors: JA
authors: Moriano León
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D061388:Firefighters / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016495:Police / Q000523:psychology*; D012933:Social Identification; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires