An Evolutionary Psychology of Leader-follower RelationsSummarises advances in our understanding of leader-follower interactions and to illustrate these principles with the lives of ancient political and military leaders from Greece and Rome. This book reviews psychologic, cognitive neuroscientific and evolutionary approaches to leader-follower dynamics. |
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... reputation for high moral character , high intelligence and high accomplishment . 2 ) a dominance - oriented strategy where the leader attains his leadership position via an ability to politically manipulate and dominate his opponents ...
... reputation for high moral character , high intelligence and high accomplishment . 2 ) a dominance - oriented strategy where the leader attains his leadership position via an ability to politically manipulate and dominate his opponents ...
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... cooperators . In short trying to a priori identify who is going to lie to you won't work as a solution to the free rider problem . REPUTATION AND THE RISE OF THE LEADER Another solution depends Leadership and Cooperation 11.
... cooperators . In short trying to a priori identify who is going to lie to you won't work as a solution to the free rider problem . REPUTATION AND THE RISE OF THE LEADER Another solution depends Leadership and Cooperation 11.
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... reputation as a liar . That poor reputation would then protect the cooperators against the free - riders . This may be called application of the ' once bitten twice shy ' rule . In the ' Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma ( IPD ) ' , a single ...
... reputation as a liar . That poor reputation would then protect the cooperators against the free - riders . This may be called application of the ' once bitten twice shy ' rule . In the ' Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma ( IPD ) ' , a single ...
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... reputation by early human groups . This was one way that these early human groups promoted cooperation . In a later chapter we will link this emphasis on character and reputation with the phenomenon of ' prestige ' to explain what we ...
... reputation by early human groups . This was one way that these early human groups promoted cooperation . In a later chapter we will link this emphasis on character and reputation with the phenomenon of ' prestige ' to explain what we ...
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... reputation . While branding free - riders with a bad reputation will help protect cooperators against exploitation , it is obvious that reputations can be faked . Intentions in general to cooperate or defect ( free - ride ) can be ...
... reputation . While branding free - riders with a bad reputation will help protect cooperators against exploitation , it is obvious that reputations can be faked . Intentions in general to cooperate or defect ( free - ride ) can be ...
Contents
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Leadership and Social Intelligence | 29 |
Language Rhetoric and Leadership | 35 |
The CoEvolution of War and the Dominance Strategy in Leadership | 47 |
PrestigeOriented Versus DominanceOriented Styles of Leadership | 59 |
Cicero Versus Pompey An Illustration of the Prestige and the Dominance Styles of Leadership in Conflict | 77 |
Caesar The Synthesis of the Prestige and Dominance Styles of Leadership | 89 |
Alexander The Synthesis of Prestige and Dominance II | 105 |
References | 117 |
Index | 123 |
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An Evolutionary Psychology of Leader-follower Relations Patrick McNamara,David Trumbull No preview available - 2008 |
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Page 63 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; •> I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; \ So let it be with Caesar.
Page 106 - ... informs us better of their characters and inclinations, than the most famous sieges, the greatest armaments, or the bloodiest battles whatsoever. Therefore as portrait-painters are more exact in the lines and features of the face, in which the character is seen, than in the other parts of the body, so I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks and indications of the souls of men, and while I endeavor by these to portray their lives, may be free to leave more weighty matters...
Page 106 - It must be borne in mind that my design is not to write histories, but lives. And the most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men ; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a just, informs us better of their characters and inclinations, than the most famous sieges, the greatest armaments, or the bloodiest battles whatsoever.
Page 64 - Such being his temper, the last and crowning mischief that could befall him came in the love of Cleopatra, to awaken and kindle to fury passions that as yet lay still and dormant in his nature, and to stifle and finally corrupt any elements that yet made resistance in him, of goodness and a sound judgment.
Page 108 - At this the whole company fell a-laughing; and as soon as the wager was settled amongst them, he immediately ran to the horse, and taking hold of the bridle, turned him directly towards the sun, having, it seems, observed that he was disturbed at...
Page 64 - Alexandria, used to tell my grandfather Lamprias, that, having some acquaintance with one of the royal cooks, he was invited by him, being a young man, to come and see the sumptuous preparations for supper. So he was taken into the kitchen, where he admired the prodigious variety of all things ; but particularly, seeing eight wild boars roasting whole, says he, "Surely you have a great number of guests.
Page 108 - what will you forfeit for your rashness?" "1 will pay," answered Alexander, "the whole price of the horse." At this the whole company fell a laughing; and as soon as the wager was settled amongst them, he immediately ran to the horse, and taking hold of the bridle, turned him directly towards the sun, having, it seems, observed that he was disturbed at and afraid of the motion of his own shadow. Then letting him go forward a little, still keeping the reins in his hand, and stroking him gently when...
Page 76 - When the war broke out, here also he seems to have rightly gauged the power of his country. He outlived its commencement two years and six months, and the correctness of his previsions respecting it became better known by his death. He told them to wait quietly, to pay attention to their marine, to attempt no new conquests, and to expose the city to no hazards during the war, and, doing this, promised them a favourable result.
Page 4 - IT was for the sake of others that I first commenced writing biographies; but I find myself proceeding and attaching myself to it for my own ; the virtues of these great men serving me as a sort of looking-glass, in which I may see how to adjust and adorn my own life.
Page 108 - Alexander, who stood by. said. "What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him!