Title

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

Authors

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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