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4.1 Evolution of a Psychological Approach to Political Leadership 4.1 Evolution of a Psychological Approach to Political Leadership
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4.2 Methods Used in Applying a Psychological Approach 4.2 Methods Used in Applying a Psychological Approach
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4.2.1 Psychobiography 4.2.1 Psychobiography
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4.2.2 Assessment-at-a-Distance 4.2.2 Assessment-at-a-Distance
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4.2.3 Comparative Case Studies 4.2.3 Comparative Case Studies
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4.2.4 Experiments 4.2.4 Experiments
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4.3 Current Research Areas 4.3 Current Research Areas
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4.3.1 What Personal Characteristics Matter 4.3.1 What Personal Characteristics Matter
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4.3.2 Factors Affecting Behaviour in Groups 4.3.2 Factors Affecting Behaviour in Groups
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4.3.3 When Does Knowledge about Executives Matter? 4.3.3 When Does Knowledge about Executives Matter?
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4.4 Potential Future Research 4.4 Potential Future Research
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4.4.1 Broadening the Focus 4.4.1 Broadening the Focus
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4.4.2 Effect of Social Media 4.4.2 Effect of Social Media
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4.4.3 Mapping Strategic Interactions 4.4.3 Mapping Strategic Interactions
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4.4.4 New Unit of Analysis 4.4.4 New Unit of Analysis
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4.4.5 In Sum 4.4.5 In Sum
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4 Psychology and the Study of Political Executives
Get accessMargaret G. Hermann is Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs and Director of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Hermann has been President of the International Society of Political Psychology and the International Studies Association as well as editor of Political Psychology and the International Studies Review. Among her books are Describing Foreign Policy Behavior; Political Psychology: Issues and Problems; and Leaders, Groups, and Coalitions: Understanding the People and Processes in Foreign Policymaking. Her journal articles and book chapters include ‘Using Content Analysis to Study Public Figures’; ‘Transboundary Crises through the Eyes of Policymakers’; and ‘Leadership and Behavior in Humanitarian and Development Transnational Non-Governmental Organizations’.
Juliet Kaarbo is Professor of International Relations and Chair in Foreign Policy at the University of Edinburgh. She is founding co-director of Edinburgh’s Centre for Security Research. Her research focuses on political psychology, leadership and decision-making, group dynamics, parliamentary political systems, and national roles, and has appeared in journals such as International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Review, Political Psychology, West European Politics, Cooperation and Conflict, Foreign Policy Analysis, Journal of International Relations and Development, and Leadership Quarterly. In 2012, Professor Kaarbo published Coalition Politics and Cabinet Decision Making: A Comparative pg xviiAnalysis of Foreign Policy Choices (University of Michigan Press) and in 2016 she co-edited Domestic Role Contestation, Foreign Policy, and International Relations (Routledge). She is Associate Editor of the journal Foreign Policy Analysis, since 2013 and the 2018 Distinguished Scholar of Foreign Policy Analysis in the International Studies Association.
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Published:06 August 2020
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Abstract
A psychological approach to the study of political executives examines executives as individuals and leaders, observing their subjective interpretations of their political environments and exploring how these interpretations are influenced by their personal characteristics and experiences and can shape government policy-making and executive action. The psychological approach has evolved across time and contemporary research conceptualizes leadership as interaction between what the leader is like and the nature of the context. Research in this area involves a number of methods, including psychobiographies and assessment-at-a-distance tools. Key questions in this scholarship are: (1) what should we know about political leaders to understand their behaviour? (2) what influences individuals in group contexts? and (3) in what contexts is it critical to know something about executives as individuals? Building on prior work, we suggest future research should focus on comparisons of national leaders to other executives, social media, strategic interactions, and new decision units.
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