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Autor/in | Cowell, Catherine R. |
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Titel | Leadership and Society: A Comparative Study of the Views of Kurt Lewin and Raymond B. Cattell. |
Quelle | (1972), (12 Seiten)
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Authoritarianism; Behavioral Science Research; Group Dynamics; Leadership Qualities; Leadership Training; Platonism; Political Attitudes; Population Education; Social Environment; Social Structure; Social Values |
Abstract | The author contrasts the views of two theorists on leadership and communications, Raymond B. Cattell and Kurt Lewin. Cattell takes the authoritarian view that leaders are born, not made, and proposes the application of eugenic measures to develop the leaders that society needs, also stressing the importance of research to help to identify leaders. Lewin assumes the more democratic view that leadership qualities can be learned and that everyone is potentially a leader in the framework of group decision. The author holds that both Cattell and Lewin hold optimistic views of the future and the nature of man and that they are equally scientific and humanitarian. Lewinians might avail themselves more widely of the precision of Cattell's methods, whereas Cattell could profitably employ the Lewinian principle of active experimentation with change. The possibilities for synthesis of the two approaches suggest interesting prospects for future research, training, and action. (Author/RN) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |