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Persönlichkeit und soziale Kompetenz von Personen in Führungsfunktionen – Eine psychologische Analyse am Beispiel US-amerikanischer Präsidenten

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In diesem Beitrag wird der konzeptuelle Zusammenhang von Führung und Persönlichkeit aus psychologischer Sicht untersucht. Dafür stellen wir ausgehend von der sozioanalytischen Persönlichkeitstheorie Grundannahmen zur Bedeutung von Führung aus evolutionärer Perspektive dar und erläutern die dazugehörigen Konzepte von Persönlichkeit und sozialen Kompetenzen, sowie deren Zusammenspiel bei der Führung von Gruppen. Wir beleuchten sowohl helle (z.B. Extraversion) als auch dunkle Seiten (z.B. Psychopathie) der Persönlichkeit. Als Anwendungsbeispiel gehen wir auf zwei spezifische Persönlichkeitsmerkmale, furchtlose Dominanz und grandiosen Narzissmus, ein und erläutern den Zusammenhang mit Erfolg und Misserfolg in der US-amerikanischen Präsidentschaft. Abschließend erörtern wir Grenzen des Erklärungswerts der Persönlichkeit, zeigen den zukünftigen Forschungsbedarf auf und diskutieren die praktischen Implikationen der vorgestellten Befunde für das aktuelle Zeitgeschehen.

Wir danken Klaus Jancke, Georg Kranefeld, Christina Krauss und Theresa Leyens für wertvolle Hinweise zu einer früheren Fassung dieses Kapitels.

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    Eine Übersicht über verschiedene historische und aktuelle Rankings findet sich bei https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_presidents_of_the_United_States (letzter Zugriff: 13.11.2019).

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    https://www.change.org/p/trump-is-mentally-ill-and-must-be-removed (letzter Zugriff am 08.11.2019).

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Kranefeld, I., Genau, H.A., Blickle, G. (2021). Persönlichkeit und soziale Kompetenz von Personen in Führungsfunktionen – Eine psychologische Analyse am Beispiel US-amerikanischer Präsidenten. In: Ohnesorge, H.W., Gu, X. (eds) Der Faktor Persönlichkeit in der internationalen Politik. Persönlichkeit und weltpolitische Gestaltung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32348-6_5

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