Social Identity and Groups Network (SIGN)

The psychology of leadership destabilisation: An analysis of the 2016 U.S. presidential debates

This project analysed the attack rhetoric used by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the 2016 U.S. presidential debates to examine how they sought to destabilise each other’s leadership. The analysis shows just as how social identity claims are critical to leadership success, they are also central to efforts to destabilise the leadership of others.

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Project members

Dr Mazlan Maskor

Lecturer, School of Management
Queensland University of Technology
Associate Professor Nik Steffens

Associate Professor Nik Steffens

Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow
Associate Professor Organisational Psychology
The University of Queensland
Professor Alex Haslam

Professor Alex Haslam

SIGN Co-Director, SIGNify Co-Director
Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology
The University of Queensland

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