TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantifying leader lives
T2 - What historiometric approaches can tell us
AU - Ligon, Gina Scott
AU - Harris, Daniel J.
AU - Hunter, Samuel T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Grant Award Number 2010-ST-061-RE0001 . The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - Historically notable leaders, such as John F. Kennedy, Mohandas Ghandi, and Rupert Murdoch, serve as exemplars in our field of study. Across the domains of military, business, government, ideology, and the arts, these outstanding leaders have markedly impacted the institutions, fields, and broader social structures in which they worked and lived. To understand the unique styles, developmental experiences, and performance contributions of such leaders, a historiometric approach is encouraged. We define this methodological strategy as the study of multiple eminent leaders that requires the translation of historical, qualitative information into quantitative indices of individual differences in leaders. Best practices, limitations, and implications for this technique as an advancement of leadership theory are reviewed.
AB - Historically notable leaders, such as John F. Kennedy, Mohandas Ghandi, and Rupert Murdoch, serve as exemplars in our field of study. Across the domains of military, business, government, ideology, and the arts, these outstanding leaders have markedly impacted the institutions, fields, and broader social structures in which they worked and lived. To understand the unique styles, developmental experiences, and performance contributions of such leaders, a historiometric approach is encouraged. We define this methodological strategy as the study of multiple eminent leaders that requires the translation of historical, qualitative information into quantitative indices of individual differences in leaders. Best practices, limitations, and implications for this technique as an advancement of leadership theory are reviewed.
KW - Historiometric
KW - Life history
KW - Multivariate analysis
KW - Outstanding leadership
KW - Q-Sort
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U2 - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.10.004
DO - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.10.004
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84870527055
VL - 23
SP - 1104
EP - 1133
JO - Leadership Quarterly
JF - Leadership Quarterly
SN - 1048-9843
IS - 6
ER -