THE POLITICAL

SELF
Guide
Questions
 Why is it easy for some
people to convince
others to follow them?
 Why is it easy for some
people to get
convinced?
 Would a person’s trait
and values impact his
political self?
TWO TYPES OF MOTIVES OF SOCIAL
INFLUENCE
 NORMATIVE INFLUENCE
 based on conforming to positive expectations of
others
 helps avoid punishment

 INFORMATIONAL INFLUENCE
 based on accepting the information obtained
from others as evidence of reality
LEADERSHIP
 process by which certain group
members motivate and guide the group

 You can be a leader on your own ways.

 Some of desirable characteristics:

 assertive
 asking for opinions of others
 giving instructions
THEORIES OF
LEADERSHIP
1 PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS
 David McClelland – believed that we have
three psychological needs
a. need for power (nPow)
b. need for affiliation (nAff)
c. need for achievement (nAch)

 A leader is someone with high Npow

and very low nAff
2 THREE LEADERSHIP
MOTIVATION PATTERNS
 WHY DO YOU LEAD?
 Chan and Drasgow (2001)
1. Affective identity motivation
 Motivation to lead as a result of a desire to be in
charge and lead others.
 Perceived as the best leaders

2. Noncalculative motivation
 Those who seek leadership positions because they
will result in personal gain.

3. Social-normative motivation
 The desire to lead out of a sense of duty or
responsibility.
3 PATH GOAL THEORY
 LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT A LEADER HAS
WITH SUBORDINATES
1. Instrumental
 Leaders who plan and organizes for their
subordinates.

2. Supportive
 Leaders who show concern to their subordinates.

3. Participative
 Leaders who allow subordinates to participate in
decision-making

4. Achievement-oriented
 Leaders who sets challenges and rewards
achievement.
 RETHINKING
FILIPINO VALUES
FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF
SIKOLOHIYANG
PILIPINO
 FILIPINO VALUES
Ask your
self…
 Do you know why
Filipinos do not like to
sit in front or near the
stage during events?

 Do you know the

difference between
afritada, mechado,
menudo and
caldereta?
 FILIPINO VALUES
What do you think about the following?
 NOT REALLY A FILIPINO
VALUE/CHARACTERISTICS
 Filipino time
 Crab mentality – tendency to pull someone
down
 Colonial mentality – believing that
anything which came from other countries
are better than what we have in our culture.
 FILIPINO VALUES
FILIPINO TERMS
 Hiya – not the same with shame or guilt; it
is a sense of propriety
 Bahala na – not fatalism but it is risk-
taking and determination
 Utang na loob – is not a debt or a burden; it
is gratitude and solidarity
 REDEFINING FILIPINO
VALUES
KAPWA
 Filipino core value
 Pakikipagkapwa or Kapwa is defined as
shared inner self (“I see my self in you”)
a. Ibang-tao – people you are not close with
b. Hindi-ibang tao – one of us; family members
and closest friends