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Professor Alex Haslam

UQ Laureate Fellow

School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
a.haslam@uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 67345

Overview

Alex is Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology and Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland. His research focuses on the study of group and identity processes in organizational, social, and clinical contexts.

Together with colleagues, Alex has written and edited 15 books and published over 300 peer-reviewed articles on these topics. His most recent books are:The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power (2nd Ed. with Stephen Reicher & Michael Platow, Psychology Press, 2020), The New Psychology of Sport: The Social Identity Approach (with Katrien Fransen & Filip Boen, Sage, 2020),The New Psychology of Health: Unlocking the Social Cure (with Catherine Haslam, Jolanda Jetten, Tegan Cruwys and Genvieve Dingle, Routledge, 2018), andSocial Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies (2nd Ed. with Joanne Smith, Sage, 2017).

Alex is a former Chief Editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology and currently Associate Editor of The Leadership Quarterly. He has won a range of major awards from scientific organisations in Australia, Europe, the UK, and the US, including recognition for distinguished contributions to psychological science from both the Australian Psychological Society and British Psychological Society. In 2022 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia "for significant service to higher education, particuarly psychology, through research and mentoring".

Research Interests

  • Psychology in organisations
    Examining the contribution of social identity to leadership, motivation, communication, decision-making, negotiation, and productivity.
  • The social psychology of stereotyping, prejudice, and tyranny
    Exploring the role of group processes to the dynamics of intergroup relations and conflict.
  • Social processes in health and well-being
    Looking at the contribution of group life to stress and coping in vulnerable populations.
  • Research methodology
    Focusing on issues of research design, ethics, and uncertainty management.

Research Impacts

The following four projects give some idea of the ongoing impact of Alex's research:

The new psychology of leadership

Since the 1990s I have collaborated with a number of social identity researchers, notably Steve Reicher, Michael Platow, and John Turner, to develop a social identity analysis of leadership. This work focuses on the role of perceived shared identity as a basis for mutual influence between leaders and followers. It argues that leaders' success hinges on their ability to create, represent, advance and embed a social identity that is shared with those they seek to motivate and inspire. In 2012 the researchers received the International Leadership Association's Outstanding Leadership Book Award for their book The New Psychology of Leadership. This work has also been the basis for the award-winning 5R Leadership Development Program which has been delivered to a range of leading organisations around the world. This won the Australian Psychology Society's award for Leadership Development in 2017.

The glass cliff

I have worked with Michelle Ryan on the leadership experiences of women and together they coined the term "glass cliff" to describe some of their key findings — specifically, evidence that women are more likely than men to be appointed to leadership roles in organisations that are performing poorly. This is now a major focus for research and practice the world over and was short-listed for the Times Higher Education "Research Project of the Year" in 2005. In 2017 the term 'the glass cliff' was short-listed for the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year.

The social cure

My more recent work (funded by both the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and the Australian Research Council) has contributed to the development of the Social Identity Approach to health and well-being (also referred to as "The Social Cure"). This work argues that the sense of social identity derived from shared group membership is a basis not only for a sense of meaning and purpose, but also for social connection and social support. This is an antidote to loneliness and depresssion and is also a basis for them to work with others to overcome stressors rather than succumb to them.

The BBC Prison Study

In 2001 I collaborated with Steve Reicher (University of St Andrews) on the BBC television programme The Experiment, (which became known as the "BBC Prison Study"). One of the largest and most intensive field studies in psychology in the last 50 years, this examined the behaviour of a group of individuals within a simulated prison environment and re-examined issues raised by the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE). Amongst other things, the study's findings challenged the role account of tyranny associated with the SPE as well as broader ideas surrounding the "banality of evil". The core insight from the study was that tyranny results from the engaged followership of subordinates rather than blind conformity to roles or rules. Recent work has also demonstrated that the same analysis can explain the behaviour of participants in Milgram's Obedience to Authority experiments, and this idea formed the basis for Kathryn Millard's 2017 award-winning documentary Shock Room.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
  • Master of Arts with Honours (Psychology), University of St Andrews

Publications

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Book

Book Chapter

  • The Social Identity Approach to Political Leadership

    Mols, Frank, Haslam, S. Alexander, Platow, Michael J., Reicher, Stephen D. and Steffens, Niklas K. (2023). The Social Identity Approach to Political Leadership. The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology. edited by Huddy, Leonie, Sears, David O., Levy, Jack S. and Jerit, Jennifer. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197541302.013.21

  • A picture is worth a thousand words: social identity mapping as a way of visualizing and assessing social group connections

    Bentley, Sarah V., Haslam, S. Alexander, Greenaway, Katherine H., Cruwys, Tegan and Steffens, Nik (2023). A picture is worth a thousand words: social identity mapping as a way of visualizing and assessing social group connections. Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Identity In and Around Organizations. (pp. 87-102) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781802207972.00018

  • Bridging gaps in organizations: leaders as entrepreneurs of identity

    Fladerer, Martin P., Steffens, Niklas K. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2021). Bridging gaps in organizations: leaders as entrepreneurs of identity. The connecting leader: serving concurrently as a leader and a follower. (pp. 67-98) edited by Zahira Jaser. Charlotte, NC, United States: Information Age Publishing.

  • Social Identity

    Haslam, S. Alexander, Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda, Cruwys, Tegan and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2020). Social Identity. Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology. (pp. 679-688) edited by K. Sweeny and M. Robbins . Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/9781119057840.ch119

  • Death becomes us! Rethinking leadership charisma as a social inference

    Fink, Louisa, Dick, Rolf van, Steffens, Niklas K., Peters, Kim and Haslam, S. Alexander (2020). Death becomes us! Rethinking leadership charisma as a social inference. Routledge international handbook of charisma. (pp. 468-479) edited by José Pedro Zúquete. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429263224-48

  • Leadership

    Steffens, Niklas K., Fransen, Katrien and Haslam, S. Alexander (2020). Leadership. The new psychology of sport and exercise: the social identity approach . (pp. 41-58) edited by S. Alexander Haslam, Katrien Fransen and Filip Boen. Thousand Oaks, CA USA: Sage Publications.

  • Developing effective on- and off-field leadership in elite soccer

    Slater, Matthew J., Steffens, Niklas K., Fransen, Katrien and Haslam, S. Alexander (2020). Developing effective on- and off-field leadership in elite soccer. The psychology of soccer. (pp. 60-73) edited by Joseph G. Dixon, Jamie B. Barker, Richard C. Thelwell and Ian Mitchell. New York, NY USA: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003005568-6

  • The importance of creating and harnessing a sense of ‘us’: social identity as the missing link between leadership and health

    Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K. and Peters, Kim (2019). The importance of creating and harnessing a sense of ‘us’: social identity as the missing link between leadership and health. Social scaffolding: applying the lessons of contemporary social science to health and healthcare. (pp. 302-311) edited by Richard Williams, Verity Kemp, S. Alexander Haslam, Catherine Haslam, Kamaldeep S. Bhui and Sue Bailey. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781911623069.029

  • Commentaries on core themes in section 2

    Montgomery, Jonathan, Haslam, S. Alexander, Neal, Adrian and Williams, Richard (2019). Commentaries on core themes in section 2. Social scaffolding: applying the lessons of contemporary social science to health and healthcare. (pp. 123-127) edited by Richard Williams, Verity Kemp, S. Alexander Haslam, Catherine Haslam, Kamaldeep S. Bhui and Susan Bailey. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781911623069.014

  • Inspired and appreciated by the group: the social identity approach to creativity

    Haslam, S. Alexander, Adarves-Yorno, Inmaculada, Steffens, Niklas K. and Postmes, Tom (2019). Inspired and appreciated by the group: the social identity approach to creativity. The Oxford handbook of group creativity and innovation. (pp. 117-131) edited by Paul B. Paulus and Bernard A. Nijstad. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190648077.013.8

  • Fat cats and thin followers: excessive CEO pay may reduce ability to lead

    Peters, Kim, Fonseca, Miguel A., Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K. and Quiggin, John (2019). Fat cats and thin followers: excessive CEO pay may reduce ability to lead. The social psychology of inequality. (pp. 21-34) edited by Jolanda Jetten and Kim Peters. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-28856-3_2

  • Social Sciences and Health: A Framework for Building and Strengthening Social Connectedness

    Haslam, Catherine and Haslam, S. Alexander (2019). Social Sciences and Health: A Framework for Building and Strengthening Social Connectedness. Social Scaffolding. (pp. 23-30) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781911623069.003

  • Social scaffolding: supporting the development of positive social identities and agency in communities

    Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander and Cruwys, Tegan (2019). Social scaffolding: supporting the development of positive social identities and agency in communities. Social scaffolding: applying the lessons of contemporary social science to health and healthcare. (pp. 244-256) edited by Richard Williams, Verity Kemp, S. Alexander Haslam, Catherine Haslam, Kamaldeep S. Bhui and Susan Bailey. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781911623069.025

  • The social identity approach to health

    Haslam, S. Alexander, Jetten, Jolanda and Haslam, Catherine (2019). The social identity approach to health. Social scaffolding: applying the lessons of contemporary social science to health and healthcare. (pp. 31-39) edited by Richard Williams, Verity Kemp, S. Alexander Haslam, Catherine Haslam, Kamaldeep S. Bhui and Susan Bailey. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781911623069.004

  • Social identity, stigma, and health

    Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander, Cruwys, Tegan and Branscombe, Nyla R. (2018). Social identity, stigma, and health. The Oxford handbook of stigma, discrimination, and health. (pp. 301-316) edited by Brenda Major, John F. Dovidio and Bruce G. Link. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190243470.013.18

  • Building team and organisational identification to promote leadership, citizenship and resilience

    Steffens, Niklas K. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2017). Building team and organisational identification to promote leadership, citizenship and resilience. Managing for resilience: a practical guide for employee wellbeing and organizational performance. (pp. 150-167) edited by Monique F. Crane. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315648033-10

  • Applying the social identity approach in clinical and health domains: key principles and insights

    Haslam, S. Alexander, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve A. and Greenaway, Katharine H. (2017). Applying the social identity approach in clinical and health domains: key principles and insights. Addiction, behavioral change and social identity: the path to resilience and recovery. (pp. 14-33) edited by Sarah A. Buckingham and David Best. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

  • Are they in or are they out: Questioning category relations in the study of helping

    Ryan, Caoimhe, Reicher, Stephen and Alexander Haslam, S. (2017). Are they in or are they out: Questioning category relations in the study of helping. Intergroup Helping. (pp. 249-267) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-53026-0_12

  • Social connectedness and health

    Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, S. Alexander and Jetten, Jolanda (2017). Social connectedness and health. Encyclopedia of geropsychology. (pp. 2174-2182) edited by Nancy A. Pachana. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-082-7_46

  • The social identity approach to education and learning: identification, ideation, interaction, influence and ideology

    Haslam, S. Alexander (2017). The social identity approach to education and learning: identification, ideation, interaction, influence and ideology. Self and social identity in educational contexts. (pp. 19-51) edited by Kenneth I. Mavor, Michael J. Platow and Boris Bizumic. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315746913-ch2

  • Shared identity and the intergroup dynamics of communication

    Greenaway, Katharine, Peters, Kim, Haslam, S. Alexander and Bingley, William (2016). Shared identity and the intergroup dynamics of communication. Advances in intergroup communication. (pp. 19-33) edited by Howard Giles and Anne Maass. New York, United States: Peter Lang Publishing.

  • Tyranny and leadership

    Reicher, Stephen, Haslam, S. Alexander, Platow, Michael and Steffens, Nik (2016). Tyranny and leadership. Understanding peace and conflict through social identity theory: contemporary global perspectives. (pp. 71-87) edited by Shelley McKeown, Neil Ferguson and Reeshma Haji. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-29869-6_5

  • Leadership

    Haslam, S. Alexander, Reicher, Stephen D. and Platow, Michael J. (2015). Leadership. International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences. (pp. 648-654) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.24073-7

  • Leadership: theory and practice

    Haslam, S. Alexander, Reicher, Stephen D. and Platow, Michael J. (2015). Leadership: theory and practice. APA handbook of personality and social psychology. (pp. 67-94) edited by Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver, John F. Dovidio and Jeffry A. Simpson. Washington, DC, United States: American Psychological Association.

  • May the force be with you: social identity, power, and the perils of powerlessness

    Reicher, Stephen and Haslam, S. Alexander (2015). May the force be with you: social identity, power, and the perils of powerlessness. Power and identity. (pp. 117-139) edited by Denis Sindic, Manuelo Barreto and Rui Costa-Lopes. Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Psychology Press. doi: 10.4324/9780203366264

  • Obedience (research), history of

    Reicher, Stephen D. and Haslam, Alexander (2015). Obedience (research), history of. International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences. (pp. 61-66) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.03166-4

  • Reflections on Muzafer Sherif’s legacy in social identity and self-categorization theories

    Platow, Michael J., Hunter, John A., Haslam, S. Alexander and Reicher, Stephen D. (2015). Reflections on Muzafer Sherif’s legacy in social identity and self-categorization theories. Norms, groups, conflict, and social change: Rediscovering Muzafer Sherif's psychology. (pp. 275-305) edited by Ayfer Dost-Gözkan and Doga Sönmez-Keith. London, United Kingdom: Transaction Publications.

  • Self-Categorization Theory

    Haslam, S. Alexander and Reicher, Stephen D. (2015). Self-Categorization Theory. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. (pp. 455-459) Orlando, USA: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.24087-7

  • Social connectedness and health

    Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, S. Alexander and Jetten, Jolanda (2015). Social connectedness and health. Encyclopedia of geropsychology. (pp. 1-10) Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_46-2

  • Social determinants of cognitive change: Identity processes as the source of both enhancement and decline

    Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander and Jetten, Jolanda (2015). Social determinants of cognitive change: Identity processes as the source of both enhancement and decline. Psychology of change: life contexts, experiences, and identities. (pp. 133-150) edited by Katherine J. Reynolds and Nyla R. Branscombe. New York, NY United States: Psychology Press.

  • Studying harm-doing without doing harm: the case of the BBC Prison Study, the Stanford Prison Experiment, and the role-conformity model of tyranny

    Haslam, S. Alexander, Reicher, Stephen D. and McDermott, Mark R. (2015). Studying harm-doing without doing harm: the case of the BBC Prison Study, the Stanford Prison Experiment, and the role-conformity model of tyranny. Ethical challenges in the behavioral and brain sciences case studies and commentaries. (pp. 134-139) edited by Robert J. Sternberg and Susan T. Fiske. Cambridge, MA, United States: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139626491.054

  • Tyranny

    Reicher, Stephen D. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2015). Tyranny. International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences: second edition. (pp. 710-715) edited by James D. Wright . Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.24101-9

  • To lead, ASPIRe: Building organic organizational identity

    Peters, Kim, Haslam, S. Alexander, Ryan, Michelle K. and Steffens, Niklas K. (2014). To lead, ASPIRe: Building organic organizational identity. Towards inclusive organizations: Determinants of successful diversity management at work. (pp. 87-107) edited by Sabine Otten, Karen van der Zee and Marilynn B. Brewer. New York, United States: Psychology Press.

  • The glass cliff: examining why women occupy leadership positions in precarious circumstances

    Bruckmuller, Susanne, Ryan, Michelle K., Rink, Floor and Haslam, S. Alexander (2014). The glass cliff: examining why women occupy leadership positions in precarious circumstances. Oxford handbook of gender in organizations. (pp. 314-331) edited by Savita Kumra, Ruth Simpson and Ronald J. Burke. New York, United States: Oxford University Press.

  • The social psychological study of leadership

    Reicher, Stephen D., Haslam, S. Alexander and Platow, Michael J. (2014). The social psychological study of leadership. The Oxford handbook of political leadership. (pp. 149-160) edited by R. A. W. Rhodes and Paul t Hart. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199653881.013.008

  • The social psychology of leadership

    Platow, Michael J., Haslam, S. Alexander and Reicher, Stephen D. (2014). The social psychology of leadership. The Oxford handbook of social influence. (pp. 339-357) edited by Stephen G. Harkins, Kipling D. Williams and Jerry Burger. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199859870.013.14

  • Ceilings, cliffs, and labyrinths: exploring metaphors for workplace gender discrimination

    Bruckmüller, Susanne, Ryan, Michelle K., Haslam, S. Alexander and Peters, Kim (2013). Ceilings, cliffs, and labyrinths: exploring metaphors for workplace gender discrimination. The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Psychology. (pp. 450-464) edited by Michelle K. Ryan and Nyla R. Branscome. London, UK: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781446269930.n27

  • Women's occupational motivation: the impact of being a woman in a man's world

    Peters, Kim, Ryan, Michelle K. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2013). Women's occupational motivation: the impact of being a woman in a man's world. Handbook of research on promoting women's careers. (pp. 162-177) edited by Susan Vinnicombe, Ronald J. Burke, Stacy Blake-Beard and Lynda L. Moore. Cheltenham, Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9780857938961.00015

  • Advancing the social cure: Implications for theory, practise and policy

    Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda and Haslam, S. Alexander (2012). Advancing the social cure: Implications for theory, practise and policy. The social cure: Identity, health, and well-being. (pp. 319-343) edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam. Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Psychology Press. doi: 10.4324/9780203813195-27

  • An introduction to classic studies in social psychology

    Haslam, S. Alexander and Smith, Joanne R. (2012). An introduction to classic studies in social psychology. Social psychology: revisiting the classic studies. (pp. 1-10) edited by Joanne R. Smith and S. Alexander Haslam. London, United Kingdom: Sage.

  • Beyond conformity: revisiting classic studies and exploring the dynamics of resistance

    Haslam, S. Alexander and Reicher, Stephen D. (2012). Beyond conformity: revisiting classic studies and exploring the dynamics of resistance. Rebels in groups: dissent, deviance, difference and defiance. (pp. 324-344) edited by Jolanda Jetten and Matthew J. Hornsey. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781444390841.ch17

  • Change we can believe in: the role of social identity, cognitive alternatives, and leadership in group mobilization and transformation

    Reicher, Stephen D. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2012). Change we can believe in: the role of social identity, cognitive alternatives, and leadership in group mobilization and transformation. Culture and social change: transforming society through the power of ideas. (pp. 53-73) edited by Brady Wagoner, Eric Jensen and Julian A. Oldmeadow. Charlotte, NC, United States: Information Age Publishing.

  • Deciding to disclose: The importance of disclosure for well-being after acquired brain injury

    Jones, Janelle M., Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander and Williams, W. Huw (2012). Deciding to disclose: The importance of disclosure for well-being after acquired brain injury. The social cure: Identity, health, and well-being. (pp. 255-271) edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam. Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Psychology Press. doi: 10.4324/9780203813195-23

  • Obedience: revisiting milgram's obedience studies

    Reicher, Stephen and Haslam, S. Alexander (2012). Obedience: revisiting milgram's obedience studies. Social Psychology: revisiting the classic studies. (pp. 106-125) edited by Joanne R. Smith and S. Alexander Haslam. London, United Kingdom: Sage.

  • Prejudice, social identity and osical change: resolving the Allportian problematic

    Reynolds, Katherine J., Haslam, S. Alexander and Turner, John C. (2012). Prejudice, social identity and osical change: resolving the Allportian problematic. Beyond the prejudice problematic: extending the social psychology of conflict, inequality and social change. (pp. 48-69) edited by John Dixon and Mark Levine. New York, NY, United States: Cambridge University Press.

  • Social identity and the dynamics of organizational communication

    Morton, Thomas A., Wright, Ruth G., Peters, Kim, Reynolds, Katherine J. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2012). Social identity and the dynamics of organizational communication. The handbook of intergroup communication. (pp. 319-330) edited by Howard Giles. New York, United States: Taylor and Francis.

  • Social identity and the dynamics of organizational life: Insights from the BBC prison study

    Haslam, S. Alexander and Reicher, Stephen (2012). Social identity and the dynamics of organizational life: Insights from the BBC prison study. Identity and the Modern Organization. (pp. 135-166) edited by Caroline A. Bartel, Steven Blader and Amy Wrzesniewski. New York, NY, United States: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203936481

  • Social identity theory

    Ellemers, Naomi and Haslam, S. Alexander (2012). Social identity theory. Handbook of theories of social psychology. (pp. 379-398) London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781446249222.n45

  • Stress and well-being in the workplace: support for key propositions from the social identity approach

    van Dick, Rolf and Haslam, S. Alexander (2012). Stress and well-being in the workplace: support for key propositions from the social identity approach. The social cure: identity, health, and well-being. (pp. 175-194) edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam. London & New York: Psychology Press. doi: 10.4324/9780203813195-18

  • The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being

    Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine and Haslam, S. Alexander (2012). The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being. The social cure: Identity, health, and well-being. (pp. 3-19) edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam. Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Psychology Press.

  • The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being

    Jetten, Jolanda, Alexander Haslam, S. and Haslam, Catherine (2012). The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being. The social cure: identity, health and well-being. (pp. 3-20) edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam. New York, NY, United States: Psychology Press. doi: 10.4324/9780203813195-7

  • The importance of remembering and deciding together: Enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care

    Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander and Knight, Craig P. (2012). The importance of remembering and deciding together: Enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care. The social cure: Identity, health, and well-being. (pp. 297-315) edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam. Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Psychology Press.

  • The importance of remembering and deciding together: Enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care

    Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda, Alexander Haslam, S. and Knight, Craig P. (2012). The importance of remembering and deciding together: Enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care. The Social Cure: Identity, Health and Well-Being. (pp. 297-316) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203813195

  • The importance of remembering and deciding together: enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care

    Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda, Alexander Haslam, S. and Knight, Craig P. (2012). The importance of remembering and deciding together: enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care. The social cure: identity, health and well-being. (pp. 297-316) edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam. London, United Kingdom: Psychology Press. doi: 10.4324/9780203813195-25

  • Tyranny: revisiting Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment

    Haslam, S. Alexander and Reicher, Stephen (2012). Tyranny: revisiting Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment. Social psychology: revisiting the classic studies. (pp. 126-141) edited by Joanne R. Smith and S. Alexander Haslam. London, United Kingdom: Sage.

  • When other people are heaven, when other people are hell: how social identity determines the nature and impact of social support

    Alexander Haslam, S., Reicher, Stephen D. and Levine, Mark (2012). When other people are heaven, when other people are hell: how social identity determines the nature and impact of social support. The social cure: identity, health and well-being. (pp. 157-174) edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam. New York, NY, United States: Psychology Press/Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203813195-17

  • A social identity approach to workplace stress

    Haslam, S. Alexander and Van Dick, Rolf (2011). A social identity approach to workplace stress. Social psychology and organizations. (pp. 325-352) edited by David De Cremer, Rolf van Dick and J. Keith Murnighan. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203846957

  • Identity processes in organizations

    Haslam, S. Alexander and Ellemers, Naomi (2011). Identity processes in organizations. Handbook of identity theory and research. (pp. 715-744) edited by Seth J. Schwartz, Koen Luyckx and Vivian L. Vignoles. New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7988-9_30

  • The social identity approach in social psychology

    Reicher, Stephen, Spears, Russell and Haslam, S. Alexander (2010). The social identity approach in social psychology. The SAGE Handbook of Identities. (pp. 45-62) 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom : SAGE Publications Inc.. doi: 10.4135/9781446200889.n3

  • Turning to others in times of change: Social identity and coping with stress

    Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander, Iyer, Aarti and Haslam, Catherine (2010). Turning to others in times of change: Social identity and coping with stress. The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior: Group processes, intergroup relations, and helping. (pp. 139-156) edited by Stefan Stürmer and Mark Snyder. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444307948.ch7

  • Beyond Help: A Social Psychology of Collective Solidarity and Social Cohesion

    Reicher, Stephen and Haslam, S. Alexander (2009). Beyond Help: A Social Psychology of Collective Solidarity and Social Cohesion. The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior: Group Processes, Intergroup Relations, and Helping. (pp. 289-309) Oxford, UK: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781444307948.ch15

  • Examining gendered experiences beyond the glass ceiling: The precariousness of the glass cliff and the absence of rewards

    Ryan, Michelle K., Kulich, Clara, Alexander Haslam, S., Hersby, Mette D. and Atkins, Catherine (2008). Examining gendered experiences beyond the glass ceiling: The precariousness of the glass cliff and the absence of rewards. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Research and Practice. (pp. 165-183) Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..

  • Social Identity in Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Concepts, Controversies and Contributions

    Haslam, S. Alexander and Ellemers, Naomi (2006). Social Identity in Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Concepts, Controversies and Contributions. International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2005. (pp. 39-118) Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/0470029307.ch2

  • On the agency of individuals and groups: Lessons from the BBC prison study

    Reicher, Stephen and Haslam, S. Alexander (2006). On the agency of individuals and groups: Lessons from the BBC prison study. Individuality and the Group: Advances in Social Identity. (pp. 237-257) 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom : SAGE Publications Inc.. doi: 10.4135/9781446211946.n13

  • Reconceptualizing personality: Producing individuality by defining the personal self

    Turner, John C., Reynolds, Katherine J., Haslam, S. Alexander and Veenstra, Kristine E. (2006). Reconceptualizing personality: Producing individuality by defining the personal self. Individuality and the Group: Advances in Social Identity. (pp. 11-36) 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom : SAGE Publications Inc.. doi: 10.4135/9781446211946.n2

  • The dynamics of personal and social identity formation

    Postmes, Tom, Baray, Gamze, Haslam, S. Alexander, Morton, Thomas A. and Swaab, Roderick I. (2006). The dynamics of personal and social identity formation. Individuality and the Group: Advances in Social Identity. (pp. 215-236) 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom : SAGE Publications Inc.. doi: 10.4135/9781446211946.n12

  • Experimental design and causality in social psychology research

    Haslam, S. Alexander and McGarty, Craig (2004). Experimental design and causality in social psychology research. The SAGE handbook of methods in social psychology. (pp. 237-264) Thousand Oaks, CA USA: SAGE Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781412976190.n11

  • Social identity as the basis of group entitativity: Elaborating the case for the "science of social groups per se"

    Reynolds, Katherine J., Oakes, Penelope J., Alexander Haslam, S., Turner, John C. and Ryan, Michelle K. (2003). Social identity as the basis of group entitativity: Elaborating the case for the "science of social groups per se". The Psychology of Group Perception: Perceived Variability, Entitativity, and Essentialism. (pp. 236-248) Psychology Press. doi: 10.4324/9780203644973

  • Leadership as the outcome of self-categorization processes

    Platow, Michael J., Haslam, S. Alexander, Foddy, Margaret and Grace, Diana M. (2003). Leadership as the outcome of self-categorization processes. Leadership and power: identity processes in groups and organizations. (pp. 34-47) London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781446216170.n4

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  • The role of identity leadership in leadership coaching

    Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor

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  • Social identity processes affecting retirement from sport

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

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  • Evaluating the efficacy of 5R as a leadership intervention and training program

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

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  • Managing ethical transgressions in military personnel in novel situations: a tame solution to a wicked problem?

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

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  • The Impact of Identity Leadership on Exercisers Experience of, and Participation in, Group Exercise Contexts

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

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  • Beating the Baby Blues: A Social Identity Approach to Peripartum Depression

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

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  • Integrating Emotional and Social Conceptualisations of Loneliness in Theory and Practice

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

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  • A longitudinal study of goal progress in postgraduate psychology students

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

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  • Scaling up the implementation of evidence-based practice in leadership

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