An evolutionary psychology of leader-follower relations / / Patrick McNamara and David Trumbull

• Autore: McNamara Patrick <1956->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (139 p.)
• Disciplina: 158/.4
• Soggetto topico: Leadership - Psychological aspects; Followership - Psychological aspects
• Altri autori: TrumbullDavid <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-121) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- AN EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OFLEADER-FOLLOWER RELATIONS -- CONTENTS -- EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY APPROACHES TO THEPHENOMENON OF THE LEADER -- INTRODUCTION -- LEADERSHIP AND COOPERATION -- EFFECTS OF 'GOOD' LEADERS -- THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA (PD) -- REPUTATION AND THE RISE OF THE LEADER -- CHARACTER MATTERS -- ROOTS OF LEADERSHIP IN COSTLY SIGNALS AND RITUAL -- COSTLY SIGNALING THEORY -- LEADERS PUNISH FREE-RIDERS AND ENFORCE THE LAWS -- DYNAMICS OF LEADER-FOLLOWER RELATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SCIENCE OF EMULATION -- EVOLUTION OF HUMAN SOCIAL LEARNING -- AREAS OF THE BRAIN THAT PARTICIPATEIN EMULATION AND IMITATIVE LEARNING -- SPECIAL ROLE OF EMPATHY -- LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPLEXITY OF LEADERSHIP -- SOCIAL LEARNING -- EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL LEARNING -- ROOTS OF SOCIAL LEARNING -- EARLY TEACHER/LEADERS AND THEORIGINS OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP -- THE MASTER-DISCIPLE RELATION AS ANEVOLUTIONARILY-STABLE STRATEGY -- RITUAL, COSTLY SIGNALS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OFINDIVIDUALS WITH EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS -- LANGUAGE, RHETORIC AND LEADERSHIP -- INTRODUCTION -- LANGUAGE EVOLUTION -- ROLE OF SOCIAL IMITATION INEVOLUTION OF THE PROTO-LANGUAGE -- LANGUAGE USE AND RHETORIC -- RELEVANCE -- RELEVANCE AND ALTRUISM -- RELEVANCE IMPOSES STRUCTURE ON CONVERSATIONS -- THE CO-EVOLUTION OF WAR AND THE DOMINANCESTRATEGY IN LEADERSHIP -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF DOMINANCE -- PRESTIGE-ORIENTED VERSUS DOMINANCEORIENTEDSTYLES OF LEADERSHIP -- PRESTIGE VS. DOMINANCE -- PRESTIGE AND THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF LEADERSHIP -- LEADERS EMPHASIZING DOMINANCE RATHER THAN PRESTIGE -- LEADERS EMPHASIZING PRESTIGE AT THE EXPENSE OF DOMINANCE -- CICERO VERSUS POMPEY: AN ILLUSTRATION OF THEPRESTIGE AND THE DOMINANCE STYLES OFLEADERSHIP IN CONFLICT -- WHO WAS CICERO? -- CICERO VS. MACHIAVELLI. ; DANGERS OF LEADERSHIP AS ENUMERATED BY CICERO -- CICERO'S HANDLING OF THE BURDENS OF LEADERSHIP -- ENTER CAESAR -- FINAL BATTLES -- CAESAR: THE SYNTHESIS OF THE PRESTIGE ANDDOMINANCE STYLES OF LEADERSHIP -- INTRODUCTION -- EVALUATION OF THE CHARACTER OF CAESAR -- THE CONCEPT OF THE 'MOMENT OF DESTINY' -- EARLY LIFE -- RISE TO MILITARY GENIUS -- ENEMIES BACK IN ROME -- THE ROAD TO THE RUBICON -- WHY CAESAR HESITATED -- CAESAR ACTS -- ALEXANDER: THE SYNTHESIS OFPRESTIGE AND DOMINANCE II -- INTRODUCTION -- CROESUS, CYRUS AND ALEXANDER -- THE BATTLE OF ISSUS (333 BC) -- BATTLE OF GUAGAMELA (331 BC) -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Titolo autorizzato: An evolutionary psychology of leader-follower relations
• ISBN: 1-60741-416-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819271203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II