ABSTRACT
Researchers started looking at whether attachment styles had an impact on behaviour at work. The general finding was that people view groups at work as a ‘safe haven’ or ‘secure base’, which provides protection, comfort and support as well as facilitating exploratory behaviours such as learning and developing work related skills. A key task is to explore what careers are out there and which of them match own skills and preferences. Leadership behaviour is important for effective performance. For example, leadership affects group cohesion, which as have just learned has an impact upon the success of the whole enterprise. Leaders take on the role of attachment figure and seem to fulfil a similar function to their followers as parents do with children. The group and the organisation benefit from high cohesion in groups, because when people with insecure attachment styles perform optimally, they bring special benefits.
