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The Origins and Evolution of Leadership
Andrew King 
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Dominic D.P Johnson,
Mark Van Vugt
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Dominic D.P Johnson,
Mark Van Vugt
Current Biology, Volume: 19, Issue: 19, Pages: R911 - R916
Swansea University Author:
Andrew King
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.027
Abstract
How groups of individuals achieve coordination and collective action is an important topic in the natural sciences, but until recently the role of leadership in this process has been largely overlooked. In contrast, leadership is arguably one of the most important themes in the social sciences. In t...
| Published in: | Current Biology |
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| ISSN: | 0960-9822 |
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2009
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13512 |
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How groups of individuals achieve coordination and collective action is an important topic in the natural sciences, but until recently the role of leadership in this process has been largely overlooked. In contrast, leadership is arguably one of the most important themes in the social sciences. In this synthesis, I draw upon key insights from the animal and human literature to lay the foundation for a new science of leadership inspired by an evolutionary perspective. Identifying the origins of human leadership and followership, as well as which aspects are shared with other animals and which are unique, offers ways of understanding, predicting, and improving leadership today. Although a review article, this has been extremely influential in my field, and has been cited 78 times (source: Google Scholar, Dec 2012). |
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| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Issue: |
19 |
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R911 |
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R916 |