David Iii, University of Alberta

Research

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Latest papers

Intergroup Leadership
Oxford University Press eBooks · 2026 · senior author
Group Processes
2025 · first author
One of Us: Autocratic Leadership Undermines Leader Support Less When Leader and Follower Are Politically Aligned
Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 2025

All 58 publications

58 publications.

01

Intergroup Leadership

Michael A. Hogg, David E. Rast

Oxford University Press eBooks2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197822357.013.0018

02

Group Processes

David E. Rast, Amber M. Gaffney

2025First author

DOI: 10.4135/9781036231293.n8

03

One of Us: Autocratic Leadership Undermines Leader Support Less When Leader and Follower Are Politically Aligned

Kathryn M. Kincaid, C. Angela, David E. Rast, Amber M. Gaffney

Journal of Applied Social Psychology2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/jasp.70024

04

That's my autocrat: Self‐uncertainty elevates support for autocratic leadership during Canada's Freedom Convoy

Kathryn M. Kincaid, C. Angela, David E. Rast, Michael A. Hogg

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy20245 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/asap.12414

05

Incumbency and self-uncertainty: when prototypical leaders lose their advantage

Yunzhu Ouyang, Kathryn M. Kincaid, David E. Rast, Amber M. Gaffney, Michael A. Hogg

The Journal of Social Psychology20241 citations

DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2024.2325420 PMID: 38452797

06

Self-uncertainty and conservatism during the COVID-19 pandemic predict perceived threat and engagement in risky social behaviors

Lily Syfers, Alexandria Jaurique, Benjamin J. Anjewierden, Sara Emily Burke, Justin D. Hackett, David E. Rast, Amber M. Gaffney

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations20237 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/13684302231180525

07

This will not change us: Leader's use of continuity rhetoric to promote collective change

Lily Syfers, David E. Rast, Amber M. Gaffney

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology20235 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104550

08

Our group is worth the fight: Group cohesion is embedded in willingness to fight or die for relatively deprived political groups during national elections.

Lily Syfers, Zoe Royer, Benjamin Anjierwerden, David E. Rast, Amber M. Gaffney

Translational Issues in Psychological Science20232 citations

DOI: 10.1037/tps0000381

09

Reconciling identity leadership and leader identity: A dual-identity framework

S. Alexander Haslam, Amber M. Gaffney, Michael A. Hogg, David E. Rast, Niklas K. Steffens

The Leadership Quarterly202279 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2022.101620

10

Intergroup Leadership: The Challenge of Successfully Leading Fractured Groups and Societies

Michael A. Hogg, David E. Rast

Current Directions in Psychological Science202215 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1177/09637214221121598

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David Rast

Social Psychology

58 shared papers, latest 2026

David Rast III

Faculty

58 shared papers, latest 2026

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