Personality determinants of autocratic and democratic leadership
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Speech Monographs
- Vol. 42 (3) , 203-208
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03637757509375895
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to isolate personality correlates of leadership by determining the unique personality profiles associated with autocratic and democratic leadership styles. Based on a multiple discriminant analysis which separated the autocratic from democratic groups on the basis of seven personality variables (of 53 considered), subjects were classified as autocratic or democratic with a 75.66% accuracy. Also, a personality profile emerged from the pattern of scores on the variables from the discriminant analysis which allowed for a useful personality‐based characterization of autocratic and democratic leaders.Keywords
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