Nature vs nurture: Are leaders born or made? A behavior genetic investigation of leadership style

Twin Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 216-223

  Johnson, Andrew M ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a   McCarthy, Julie M ^a   Molson, Mindy ^b   Harris, Julie A ^a   Jang, Kerry L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Heritability; Leadership style; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032249458     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.1.4.216     Document Type: Article

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