2002 Volume 42 Issue 1 Pages 40-54
This study examined how leadership by multiple leaders influences a group by using a simulated international society game of an intergroup conflict and cooperation context. The formal leader was a player with the formal leader's role. The informal leader was one member evaluated from 1/3 or more of theingroup members. We classified groups based on the demonstration of both leaders under the following two conditions. The conditions were (a) whether informal leaders exist or not, and (b) leadership types. By using these categories, we examined the effects of multiple leaders on the group identity, and individual property. In addition, eexamined evaluations from other groups, and the perception of the relationship between their group and other groups, because we examined intergroup context. The results showed that the demonstration of all leaderships, which were both intragroup and intergroup leadership, by multiple leaders affected the group's most preferable effects. Thus, results suggested that the demonstration of leadership by multiple leaders who were not formal leaders had positive influences under an intergroup context. Key Words: intragroup and intergroup leadership, simulated international society game, multiple leaders, intergroup context
