A study of some factors related to leadership in high school

Good leadership: A mirage in the desert?

“…This approach may seem outdated. For example, few nowadays would agree with older leadership literature (Stogdill, 1948) that indicates that good leaders are to be found among tall men (Bellingrath, 1930;Garrison 1933;Hensley and Cooper, 1987). Nonetheless, searching for 'hidden' leadership talent is in no way unfashionable (Neffinger and Kohut, 2014).…”

Character and personality tests.

“…Koch (125) found that leadership among children is correlated with compliance and with respect for property rights, and Parten (168) classifies young leaders into two types, the bully and the diplomat. Clem (47) found that leaders in high school make good showing in later years, and Garrison (85) found that leadership correlates low but positively with father's occupation and rating. (107).…”

Clothing Influence in Adolescent Leadership Roles

“…During previous efforts to define leadership, the social and psychological characteristics of leaders were investigated. The results of the studies dealing with social backgrounds of individuals indicated that the leaders were from higher socioeconomic statuses (Porter, 1965) and had higher levels of intelligence (Pickle and Friedlander, 1967) and scholarship (Garrison, 1933) than nonleaders. Leaders were also found to score higher than nonleaders on measures of personal characteristics.…”

“…Leaders were also found to score higher than nonleaders on measures of personal characteristics. These included popularity (Garrison, 1933), social participation (Hornaday and Bunker, 1970), and sociability (Rose, 1962). The personality of the leader was characterized by a higher degree of self-confidence (Kipnis and Lane, 1962), dominance (Pickle and Friedlander, 1967), and aggressiveness 357 leader's physical characteristics although the results of several studies completed before the 1940s revealed positive relationships to physical characteristics.…”