Week 4: Seyranian social identity framing article

Question 1

What is social identity framing?

Answer 1

A strategy of social influence the implicates social identity to promote social change

Question 2

What is leadership?

Answer 2

A formal/informal role within a group that capacitates an individual’s ability to effectively shape, influence, motivate and represent te group toward the achievement of shared group visions and goals

Question 3

What is the in-group negotiation process?

Answer 3

the leader influences the followers and vice versa, which is a dynamic process and forms the group identity

Question 4

What is intergroup communication?

Answer 4

Use this form of communication to form or alter ingroup/outgroup goals, norms, values and behaviors to create a distinctiveness from the outgroup

Question 5

What is social identity

Answer 5

the part of an individual’s self-concept which derives from their knowledge of their group membership of a social group together with the emotional significance attached to that membership

Question 6

Prototypicallity is context-sensitive and differs over time. how can individuals or leaders keep influence? (3)

Answer 6

1. Reaffirm existing ingroup prototype
2. Ostracize in-group deviants
3. Demonize the outgroup

Question 7

Want can leaders do to promote vision as the basis of social identity framework? (5)

Answer 7

1. Adress shared group membership issues within the group’s context
2. Highlight compatibility of the vision with social identity and values
3. Persuade about the viability of the vision
4. Delineate practical means of vision attainment
5. Help to organize the group to accomplish it

Question 8

What should leaders do in the ‘unfreezing’ phase of social identity framing (4)

Answer 8

1. Render group membership salient
2. increase identification with the leader
3. Create perceptions of leader prototypicallity
4. Underline uncertainty and dissatisfaction with the status quo

Question 8

What are the 3 phases of social identity framing?

Answer 8

1. Unfreezing
2. Moving
3. Refreezing

Question 9

What should leaders do in the moving phase of social identity framing? (3)

Answer 9

1. Present new visions of social change addressing group problems
2. negate components of previous framing of social identity
3. Relay new social identity content including norms, values, attitudes and behavior

Question 10

What should leaders do in freezing phase of social identity framing?

Answer 10

1. Positively affirm new framing of social identity content
2. Reaffirm vision and tie it to utopian outcomes
3. Encourage vision commitment and follower action; use language that emphasizes motion