Event Title
Document Type
Poster Session
Location
Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
Event Website
http://jepson.richmond.edu/research/symposium/index.html
Start Date
21-4-2017 10:30 AM
End Date
21-4-2017 12:00 PM
Description
This study uses historical comparisons of Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini to better understand the factors that contribute to leader emergence. Leader effectiveness is not evaluated in this study. The focus of these historical inquires is early ascensions to power during the early to mid-1920s. The factors that contribute to leader emergence can be divided into the categories of 1. individual traits and skills and 2. social, cultural, and political contexts of the follower base. The conclusion of these historical analyses is that leader emergence is facilitated as an interaction between historical contexts and the traits and skills of the leader. Sole emphasis on individual leadership abilities is inadequate to explain leader emergence. This finding provides the theoretical justification for the further integration of historical inquiry along with psychological studies in the field of leadership emergence.
Research Paper: The Rise of Stalin and Mussolini: The Importance of Historical Context in the Study of Leader Emergence
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The Rise of Stalin and Mussolini: The Importance of Historical Context in the Study of Leader Emergence
Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
This study uses historical comparisons of Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini to better understand the factors that contribute to leader emergence. Leader effectiveness is not evaluated in this study. The focus of these historical inquires is early ascensions to power during the early to mid-1920s. The factors that contribute to leader emergence can be divided into the categories of 1. individual traits and skills and 2. social, cultural, and political contexts of the follower base. The conclusion of these historical analyses is that leader emergence is facilitated as an interaction between historical contexts and the traits and skills of the leader. Sole emphasis on individual leadership abilities is inadequate to explain leader emergence. This finding provides the theoretical justification for the further integration of historical inquiry along with psychological studies in the field of leadership emergence.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/jepsonresearchsymposium/2017/program/1
Comments
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter Kaufman, Professor, George Matthews & Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair in Leadership Studies