Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Leadership Studies
Abstract
Following this review of the literature this thesis describes three empirical investigations into people's beliefs about individuals who are diagnosed with the Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and the relationship between those beliefs and leadership perceptions and judgments. In addition to documenting the content of the ADHD beliefs, the work will also test the hypothesis that the qualities stereotypically associated with ADHD are incongruent with those qualities individuals spontaneously and intuitively associate with leadership. A third study then considers the experience of individuals who are diagnosed as experiencing ADHD but also hold positions of leadership. By the end of this thesis I will seek to answer the following question: Do people perceive leaders with ADHD more negatively than leaders without ADHD?
Recommended Citation
Teschke, Maxwell P., "Person perception of leaders with adult ADHD" (2010). Honors Theses. 1269.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1269