Profiling the heroic leader: Empirical lessons from combat-decorated veterans of World War II

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 547-555

  Wansink, Brian ^a   Payne, Collin R ^b   van Ittersum, Koert ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis leadership; Hero; Heroism; Military; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749085934     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Ambrose S. Citizen soldier (1993), Random House, New York
2. Avolio B.J., and Bass B.M. Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. (3rd ed.) (2004), Mindgarden, Inc
3. Bartone P.T., Snook S.A., and Tremble T.R. Cognitive and personality predictors of leader performance in West Point Cadets. Military Psychology 14 (2002) 321-338
4. Bass B.M. Bass and Stodgill's handbook of leadership (1990), Free Press, New York, NY
5. Bass B.M. Transformational leadership: Industrial, military, and educational impact (1998), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ
6. Bass B.M., Avolio B.J., Jung D.I., and Berson Y. Predicting unit performance by assessing transformational and transactional leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology 88 (2003) 207-218
7. Bem D.J. Self-perception theory. In: Berkowitz L. (Ed). Advances in experimental social psychology (1972), Academic Press, New York 156, 161
8. Blake J.A. The congressional medal of honor in three wars. Pacific Sociological Review 16 (1976) 166-176
9. Campbell J.T. The hero with a thousand faces (1949), Princeton University Press, Princeton
10. Costa P.T., and McCrae R.R. Set like plaster? Evidence for the stability of adult personality. In: Heatherton T.F., and Weinberger J.L. (Eds). Can personality change? (1994), American Psychological Association, Washington DC 21-40
11. Egbert R., Cline V., and Meeland T. Characteristics of fighters and non-fighters: I. Analysis of Intelligence and Personality Scales. Information Report, Human Research Unit No. 2, Office of Chief of Army Field Forces: Fort Ord, California (1954)
12. Gal R. Characteristics of heroism. In: Breznitz S. (Ed). Stress in Israel. (1981), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY
13. Griffith J. Multilevel analysis of cohesion's relation to stress, well-being, identification, disintegration, and perceived combat readiness. Military Psychology 14 (2002) 217-239
14. House R.J., and Howell J.M. Personality and charismatic leadership. Leadership Quarterly 3 (1992) 81-108
15. Jobe J.B., Holgate S.H., and Scrapansky T.A. Risk taking as motivation for volunteering for a hazardous experiment. Journal of Personality 51 (1983) 95-107
16. Kellett A. The soldier in battle: Motivational and behavioral aspects of the combat experience. In: Glad B. (Ed). Psychological dimensions of war (1990), SAGE Publications, Inc, Newbury Park, CA
17. Lau A. Military leadership. In: Cronin C. (Ed). Military psychology: An introduction. (1998), Simon & Schuster, Needham Heights, MA
18. Levinson M.R. Risk taking and personality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 58 (1990) 1073-1080
19. Looney J., Robinson-Kurpius, and Lucart L. Military leadership evaluations: Effects of evaluator sex, leader sex, and gender role attitudes. Consulting Psychology Journal 56 (2004) 104-118
20. Lord M. The anatomy of courage (1967), Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
21. Mahan J., and Clum G. Longitudinal prediction of marine combat effectiveness. Journal of Social Psychology (1971) 45-54
22. Mann R.D. A Review of the relationship between personality and performance in small groups. Psychological Bulletin 56 (1959) 241-270
23. Marshall S.L.A. Men against fire (1946), University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
24. Mumford M.D., Dansereau F., and Yammarino F.J. Followers, motivations, and levels of analysis: the case of individualized leadership. Leadership Quarterly 11 (2000) 313-340
25. Nice D.C. The influence of war and party system aging on the ranking of presidents. The Western Political Quarterly 37 (1984) 443-455
26. Oliver L.W., Harman J., Hoover E., Hayes S.M., and Pandhi N.A. A quantitative integration of the military cohesion literature. Military Psychology 11 (1999) 57-83
27. Rachman S.J. Fear and courage. 2nd ed. (1990), W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, NY
28. Steiger J.H. Tests for comparing elements of a correlation matrix. Psychological Bulletin 87 (1980) 245-251
29. Stouffer S.A., et al. The American soldier: Combat and its aftermath (1949), Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J Vol. II
30. Sümer H.C., Sümer N., Demirutku K., and Cifci O.S. Using a personality-oriented job analysis to identify attributes to be assessed in officer selection. Military Psychology 13 (2001) 129-146
31. Wong L., Bliese P., and McGurk D. Military leadership: A context specific review. Leadership Quarterly 14 (2003) 657-692
32. Zuckerman M. Sensation seeking: Beyond the optimal level of arousal (1979), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ