Conventional wisdom tells us that leaders are the men and women who
stand up, speak out, give orders, make plans and are generally the most
dominant, outgoing people in a group. But that is not always the case,
according to new research on leadership and group dynamics from Wharton
management professor Adam Grant and two colleagues, who challenge the assumption that the most effective leaders are extraverts.
In fact, introverted leaders can be more effective than extraverts in certain circumstances. The determining factor is who leaders are managing, according to Grant and co-authors Francesca Gino of Harvard Business School and David Hofmann of the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. Their paper, forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal, is titled "Reversing the Extraverted Leadership Advantage: The Role of Employee Proactivity."
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