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Yammarino, Francis J., Mumford, Michael D., Serban, Andra and Shirreffs, Kristie (2013) Assassination and leadership : traditional approaches and historiometric methods. Leadership Quarterly, Volume 24 (Number 6). pp. 822-841. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.004 ISSN 1048-9843.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.004
Abstract
Research on the assassinations and attempted assassinations of leaders seems warranted, as leaders and their interactions with extreme followers (e.g., fanatics) and non-followers (e.g., assassins) can have tremendous consequences not only for the leaders but also their larger collectives (e.g., nations, social movements). Based on the traditional and established leadership approaches of power orientation and outstanding leadership, we explored whether particular types of leaders were more likely victims of assassinations and targets of assassination attempts. Using historiometric methods, we found that socialized as well as pragmatic and ideological leaders were the most frequent victims of assassinations; but personalized as well as pragmatic and ideological leaders were the most frequent targets of assassination attempts; and for U.S. Presidents, socialized charismatics were the most frequent victims of assassinations and targets of assassination attempts. Results regarding leader paranoia, regions of the world, and assassins operating alone or as a group in relation to assassinations and leadership approaches also are presented. Implications of these findings for future leadership research involving leaders and their extreme followers, non-followers, and larger collectives are discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Leadership Quarterly | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
ISSN: | 1048-9843 | ||||
Official Date: | September 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 24 | ||||
Number: | Number 6 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 822-841 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.004 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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