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How Leaders Emerge

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Re: How Leaders Emerge

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> A study shows that when leaders are randomly chosen, group performance actually improves

Interesting, if true. Where can one find this study?

Re: How Leaders Emerge

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> A study shows that when leaders are randomly chosen, group performance actually improves Interesting, if true. Where can one find this study?

The OP cites three sources at the bottom of the page.

http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/12/leadership-can-be-based-on-q...

http://www.spring.org.uk/2009/07/how-newcomers-can-influence...

http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=1...

EDIT: cleaned links

Re: How Leaders Emerge

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> A study shows that when leaders are randomly chosen, group performance actually improves Interesting, if true. Where can one find this study?

Some thoughts on that, not proven by anything that I know of:

People who desperately want to be a leader are rarely suited for it. They tend to hunger for power, rather than feel the need to help the group. It's possible they are competent, but more likely that they will use the group to suit their own ends, rather than working for the group.

People get jealous easily. If someone asks to be leader and gets it, others may feel jealous. If the leader is chosen randomly, it's harder to be jealous, since it was obviously fairly done.

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post #3

> A study shows that when leaders are randomly chosen, group performance actually improves Interesting, if true. Where can one find this study?

The OP cites three sources at the bottom of the page. http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/12/leadership-can-be-based-on-q... http://www.spring.org.uk/2009/07/how-newcomers-can-influence... http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=1... EDIT: cleaned links

The study mentioned in the mindhacks story can be found on the author's website:

http://mors.haas.berkeley.edu/CAnderson%20Pilot%20Site/Pubs/...

Re: How Leaders Emerge

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The OP cites three sources at the bottom of the page. http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/12/leadership-can-be-based-on-q... http://www.spring.org.uk/2009/07/how-newcomers-can-influence... http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=1... EDIT: cleaned links

The study mentioned in the mindhacks story can be found on the author's website: http://mors.haas.berkeley.edu/CAnderson%20Pilot%20Site/Pubs/...

The hypothesis of this paper rings true (based on my experience).

Re: How Leaders Emerge

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There appears to be an obsession with leaders and leadership in American corporate/political culture. I would like to understand it better. Can someone explain it to me?

Re: How Leaders Emerge

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There appears to be an obsession with leaders and leadership in American corporate/political culture. I would like to understand it better. Can someone explain it to me?

Yes, no one wants to work but get all the credit.
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