Index

Scott T. Allison (University of Richmond, USA)
George R. Goethals (University of Richmond, USA)

The Heroic Leadership Imperative: How Leaders Inspire and Mobilize Change

ISBN: 978-1-83909-178-0, eISBN: 978-1-83909-175-9

Publication date: 20 July 2020

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Allison, S.T. and Goethals, G.R. (2020), "Index", The Heroic Leadership Imperative: How Leaders Inspire and Mobilize Change, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 121-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-175-920201005

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INDEX

Index

Age of Anxiety, The
, 57

American Pie (song)
, 70

Anima (see Female archetype)

Animus (see Male archetype)

Anxiousness
, 23

Aspirations
, 15

Authenticity
, 25

Authoritarian personality
, 13

Authority
, 31

Automatic social comparison
, 14

Basic Maslow needs
, 89–90

Basic Maslowian needs
, 55

Behavior
, 20–21

Belief perseverance
, 70

Belongingness
, 5, 25–27

Big Iron (song)
, 70

Biological needs
, 55

Black Lives Matter movement
, 1

Centrality of esteem needs
, 39

Charisma
, 51–52, 94–98, 97–98

Charismatic cult leaders
, 91

Charismatic leadership
, 43–49, 51

Childhood self
, 86

Cognitive dissonance
, 18

theory
, 8

Cognitive processes
, 68

Cognitive prototype
, 43

Communion
, 101

Competence
, 94–98

Complementary behavior
, 21

Confidence
, 94–98

Cosmic significance
, 56

Cosmological significance component of transcendence
, 81–88

Creative life
, 87

Creative self
, 87

“Dark triad” of personality
, 96

Death fears
, 49

Decision-making procedure
, 30–31

Defense mechanisms
, 15–20, 94

Democratic socialism
, 92

Denial
, 16–17, 19

Denial of Death, The (Becker)
, 56

Dominance
, 23

Dramatic transformations
, 100–101

Dunning–Kruger effect
, 96

Early-life personal heroism
, 60

Effective leaders
, 95

Ego
, 16

Ego-defense mechanisms
, 19

Emotions
, 23

Equality
, 45

Esteem needs
, 5, 8, 36, 38

Evaluative dimension
, 51

Exclusive stories
, 42

Fear of death
, 57

Female archetype
, 99

Festinger’s original theory
, 12

Finding extraordinary in ordinary
, 104–108

Freud’s coherent ego
, 15–20

Friendly behavior
, 21

Gandhi (film)
, 33

Gay Pride events
, 1

Goethals’ approach
, 35

Goodness
, 4

Great Depression
, 39

Group-level needs (see also Individual-level needs; Transcendent-level needs)

leader narratives and morality
, 42–43

leaders and followers as collective
, 37–42

leaders and individual followers
, 29–36

social identity and charismatic leadership
, 43–49

terror management theory
, 49–53

Group-serving bias
, 81

Heroic imperative
, 94

Heroic leaders
, 60–61, 95–98

Heroic leadership imperative
, 87, 98–104, 108

Heroism
, 90, 95, 97, 104

Hierarchy of needs
, 4

Hostile-Dominant category
, 21

Hostility
, 23

Howard Gardner’s approach
, 39

Human journey
, 86, 100–102

Human rationalization
, 42

Id
, 16

Idealized leadership
, 32

Idealized performances
, 24

Identity
, 9

Illusion of justice
, 34

Imperative, mythology as
, 61–67

Implicit leader schemas
, 44

Inclusion needs
, 5

Inclusive identity stories
, 42

Inclusiveness
, 41

Individual behavior
, 20–21

Individual-level needs (see also Group-level needs; Transcendent-level needs)
, 92

Black Lives Matter movement
, 1–2

Freud’s coherent ego and mechanisms of defense
, 15–20

interpersonal behavior, security operations, and self-presentation
, 20–25

leader–follower dynamic
, 2–3

psychology of self-esteem
, 6–15

quest for self-worth
, 3–6

social identity
, 25–27

Individualized consideration
, 34

Individuating people
, 97

“Insanity of Place, The” (essays)
, 25

Inspirational motivation
, 33

Interpersonal behavior
, 4, 20–25, 29

Interpersonal processes
, 6–7

Intimacy
, 4

Joy Luck Club, The (movie)
, 97

Killer Angels, The (novel)
, 32

Leader–follower dynamic
, 5

Leaders
, 6, 94

charisma
, 95

and followers as collective
, 37–42

and individual followers
, 29–36

narratives and morality
, 42–43

Leadership
, 29–30, 32

charismatic
, 43–49, 51

idealized
, 32

influential theories of
, 29

transactional
, 32

transcending
, 108

transformational
, 32–34

transforming
, 37–38

Leadership imperative
, 91

finding extraordinary in ordinary
, 104–108

group-level needs
, 29–53

individual-level needs
, 1–27

transcendent-level needs
, 55–88

Life satisfaction
, 103

Listening
, 31–32

Machiavellianism
, 96

Magnetic leader
, 60

Make America Graet Again movement (MAGA movement)
, 84–85, 92–93

Male archetype
, 99

Maslow’s hierarchy
, 5–6, 38

#MeToo movement
, 69

Moby Dick (novel)
, 52

Morality
, 42–43

Motivated cognition
, 94–95

Mutineers
, 32

Mystery
, 68

Mythology
, 83

as imperative
, 61–67

Nationalism
, 79–80, 83

Negative emotions
, 23

Neutrality
, 31

Nurturance
, 4

On the Waterfront (movie)
, 1

Particular decision
, 30

Perceptual organization
, 67–68

Personal heroism
, 59–60

Personality
, 15–16

Physiological needs
, 5, 98

Post-traumatic growth
, 99

Potency dimension
, 51

Principles of Psychology
, 8

Procedural justice model
, 34

Projection
, 19

Proto-science
, 82

Prototype
, 43

Prototypical leader
, 43

Psyche
, 16

Psychedelic drugs
, 20

Psychological processes
, 11

Psychology
, 19–20

of self-esteem
, 6–15

Psychopathy
, 96

Rationalization
, 13, 15, 17–19

Reality
, 18

Reflection process
, 14

Relational model of authority
, 30

Repression
, 16, 19

Safety needs
, 5

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programs (STEM programs)
, 10

Seamless command
, 4

Security

needs
, 55

operations
, 20–25

Selective social comparison
, 13

Self of “otherworldly” awareness
, 86

Self-actualization
, 6, 38, 86

Self-actualized individual
, 85

Self-assessment
, 12

Self-concept
, 9

Self-delusion
, 6

Self-esteem
, 3, 8–9, 11–12, 20, 80

needs
, 25–27

psychology of
, 6–15

Self-evaluation
, 7, 13–14

maintenance theory
, 26

Self-feeling
, 7

Self-handicapping
, 11

Self-presentation
, 20–25

Self-serving bias
, 79–80

Self-worth, quest for
, 3–6

Slavery
, 19

Social comparison processes
, 10

Social exchange approach
, 36

Social identity
, 25–27, 90

theory
, 26, 42–49

Social interaction
, 25

Social self
, 86

Social wholeness
, 86

Spiritual beliefs
, 18

Spiritual life
, 103

Standing
, 31

Stereotypes
, 10

Super-ego
, 16

Superheroes
, 75–76

Sympatheia
, 102

Terror management theory
, 49–53, 57

Tesser’s theory
, 15

Theory of human motivation
, 4–5

Transactional leadership
, 32

Transcendence
, 55–56

bigness component of
, 73–81

cosmological significance component of
, 81–88

mystery component of
, 67–73

Transcendent level of leadership imperative
, 90–91

Transcendent self
, 86

Transcendent-level needs (see also Individual-level needs; Group-level needs)

bigness component of transcendence
, 73–81

cosmological significance component of transcendence
, 81–88

fear of death
, 57–58

heroic leader
, 60–61

mystery component of transcendence
, 67–73

mythology as imperative
, 61–67

personal heroism
, 59–60

transcendence
, 55–56

Transcending leadership
, 108

Transformational leadership
, 32–34

Transforming leadership
, 37–38

Trust
, 31

US Constitution (1787)
, 19

Village Above the Clouds, The
, 76–77

Wage slaves
, 19

Warmth
, 4, 23, 99

Well-being
, 104

White Right: Meeting the Enemy (documentary film)
, 89

Wholeness
, 99, 101

Wizard of Oz, The (film)
, 76