Understanding Human Communication

TABLE 9-4 Some Traits Associated with Leaders
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Factor No. Factors Appearing in Three or More Studies Frequency
1 Social and interpersonal skills 16
2 Technical skills 18
3 Administrative skills 12
4 Leadership effectiveness and achievement 15
5 Social nearness, friendliness 18
6 Intellectual skills 11
7 Maintaining cohesive work group 9
8 Maintaining coordination and teamwork 7
9 Task motivation and application 17
10 General impression 12
11 Group task supportiveness 17
12 Maintaining standards of performance 5
13 Willingness to assume responsibility 10
14 Emotional balance and control 15
15 Informal group control 4
16 Nurturant behavior 4
17 Ethical conduct, personal integrity 10
18 Communication, verbality 6
19 Ascendance, dominance, decisiveness 11
20 Physical energy 6
21 Experience and activity 4
22 Mature, cultured 3
23 Courage, daring 4
24 Aloof, distant 3
25 Creative, independent 5
26 Conforming 5
Reprinted with permission of The Free Press, a division of Macmillan, Inc., from Stodgill’s Handbook of Leadership, rev. ed., by Bernard M. Bass. Copyright
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