TY - JOUR
T1 - Leaders, Leadership, and Flexibility
T2 - Influences on Heads of Government as Negotiators and Mediators
AU - Hermann, Margaret G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This article was prepared with support from a National Science Foundation Research Training Group grant (DIR-9113599) on the “Role of Cognition in Collective Political Decision Making.”
PY - 1995/11
Y1 - 1995/11
N2 - Under what conditions do heads of governments have the flexibility to change their policies, and what is the impact of such flexibility on their behavior in negotiation and mediation processes? Leadership is viewed as an umbrella concept that involves at least four ingredients: the characteristics of the leader; the needs, images, and expectations of those led, the constituents of the leader; the nature of the relationship between the leader and those led; and the context in which the leadership is exercised. This article explores how these four aspects of leadership influence leaders' ability to change and be flexible. It also suggests the relevance of the resulting flexibility for negotiation and mediation.
AB - Under what conditions do heads of governments have the flexibility to change their policies, and what is the impact of such flexibility on their behavior in negotiation and mediation processes? Leadership is viewed as an umbrella concept that involves at least four ingredients: the characteristics of the leader; the needs, images, and expectations of those led, the constituents of the leader; the nature of the relationship between the leader and those led; and the context in which the leadership is exercised. This article explores how these four aspects of leadership influence leaders' ability to change and be flexible. It also suggests the relevance of the resulting flexibility for negotiation and mediation.
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U2 - 10.1177/0002716295542001010
DO - 10.1177/0002716295542001010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84977012332
SN - 0002-7162
VL - 542
SP - 148
EP - 167
JO - The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
JF - The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
IS - 1
ER -