HROB 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness

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Leadership theory and practice (6th edition) chapter 2. The trait approach was one of the first systematic attempts to study leadership. Focused on identifying the innate qualities and characteristics possessed by great social, political, and military leaders. Believed that people are born with these traits and only great people possessed them. Mid 20th century => the trait approach was challenged by research that questioned the universality of leadership traits. Stogdill (1948) suggested that no consistent set of traits differentiated leaders from non-leaders across a variety of situations (2. 1) a summary of the traits and characteristics that were identified by researchers from the trait approach. Having strong verbal ability, perceptual ability, and reasoning. Leaders tend to have higher intelligence than non-leaders. However a leader"s intellectual ability (iq) should not differ too much from that of the subordinates. If too different, may have a counteractive impact on leadership. The ability to be certain about one"s competencies and skills.

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