The bright and dark sides of leader traits: A review and theoretical extension of the leader trait paradigm

    Authors

    T. A. Judge; R. F. Piccolo;T. Kosalka

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Leadersh. Q.

    Keywords

    Leadership; Personality; Leader trait; SOCIAL-DOMINANCE ORIENTATION; 5 PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS; CORE; SELF-EVALUATIONS; JOB-PERFORMANCE; CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; SHARED LEADERSHIP; 5-FACTOR MODEL; SOCIOANALYTIC; PERSPECTIVE; NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY; Psychology, Applied; Management

    Abstract

    The leader trait perspective is perhaps the most venerable intellectual tradition in leadership research. Despite its early prominence in leadership research. it quickly fell out of favor among leadership scholars. Thus, despite recent empirical support for the perspective, conceptual work in the area lags behind other theoretical perspectives, Accordingly, the present review attempts to place the leader trait perspective in the context of supporting intellectual traditions, including evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics. We present a conceptual model that considers the source of leader traits. mediators and moderators of their effects on leader emergence and leadership effectiveness, and distinguish between perceived and actual leadership effectiveness. We consider both the positive and negative effects of specific "bright side" personality traits: the Big Five traits, core self-evaluations, intelligence, and charisma. We also consider the positive and negative effects of "dark side" leader traits: Narcissism, hubris, dominance, and Machiavellianism. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Leadership Quarterly

    Volume

    20

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Review

    Language

    English

    First Page

    855

    Last Page

    875

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000272117300002

    ISSN

    1048-9843

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