Emergent Leadership Processes as a Function of Task Structure and Machiavellianism.

摘要

Sixteen groups participated in an experiment involving a model-building task. Half were given explicit procedural instructions (High Structure) and half were not (Low Structure). Of the four males in each group, one had scored High, one Low, and two Medium on the Machiavellianism Scale. Medium Machs were significantly more likely to be rated as leaders than High or Low Machs, especially in the Low Structure condition. In general, Low Structure was found to increase emergent leadership across Machiavellianism level, while High Structure was positively associated with group members' satisfactions. (Author)