Kirkpatrick and Locke (1991) in an earlier reading provided us with insight into the role of
personal traits and their contribution to the emergence of a leader. Discuss how people
possessing the “right stuff” tend to surface as leaders. In similar fashion, what clues to the
emergence of leaders are provided by the writings of Murphy (1941) and Smircich and Morgan
(1982)?
Solution
The \"right stuff\" is the ability to convince others. Charisma, personality - call it what you will.
Approaching leadership as a relationship between leaders and followers or as a set of behaviors
and competencies that anyone can develop provides a much more optimistic, democratic, and
inclusive picture of leadership. These latter approaches emphasize that given the right
experiences, circumstances, and training, each of us has both the capacity and the ability to enact
effective leadership, regardless of the specific traits and personality characteristics with which
we were born..
Kirkpatrick and Locke (1991) in an earlier reading provided us with .pdf
1. Kirkpatrick and Locke (1991) in an earlier reading provided us with insight into the role of
personal traits and their contribution to the emergence of a leader. Discuss how people
possessing the “right stuff” tend to surface as leaders. In similar fashion, what clues to the
emergence of leaders are provided by the writings of Murphy (1941) and Smircich and Morgan
(1982)?
Solution
The "right stuff" is the ability to convince others. Charisma, personality - call it what you will.
Approaching leadership as a relationship between leaders and followers or as a set of behaviors
and competencies that anyone can develop provides a much more optimistic, democratic, and
inclusive picture of leadership. These latter approaches emphasize that given the right
experiences, circumstances, and training, each of us has both the capacity and the ability to enact
effective leadership, regardless of the specific traits and personality characteristics with which
we were born.
