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When the appeal of a dominant leader is greater than a prestige leader

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Kakkar, Hemant, Sivanathan, Niro·2017·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Across the globe we witness the rise of populist authoritarian leaders who are overbearing in their narrative, aggressive in behavior, and often exhibit questionable moral character. Drawing on evolutionary theory of leadership emergence, in which dominance and prestige are seen as dual routes to leadership, we provide a situational and psychological account for when and why dominant leaders are preferred over other respected and admired candidates. We test our hypothesis using three studies, encompassing more than 140,000 participants, across 69 countries and spanning the past two decades. We find robust support for our hypothesis that under a situational threat of economic uncertainty (as exemplified by the poverty rate, the housing vacancy rate, and the unemployment rate) people escalate their support for dominant leaders. Further, we find that this phenomenon is mediated by participants' psychological sense of a lack of personal control. Together, these results provide large-scale, globally representative evidence for the structural and psychological antecedents that increase the preference for dominant leaders over their prestigious counterparts.

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Authors: Kakkar, H., & Sivanathan, N.
Affiliations: London Business School (GB)
ORCID: Kakkar, Hemant
Sivanathan, Niro
Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Published: 2017-06-12
Volume: 114
Issue: 26
Pages: 6734-6739
ISSN: 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617711114
PMC: PMC5495227
OpenAlex: W2626998810
Cited by: 254
References: 43
Citations by year: 2026: 17 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 12
FWCI: 21.37
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
London Business School Research Online (London Business School) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
Keywords: leadership emergence, dominance, prestige, economic uncertainty, poverty, vacant housing, unemployment, perceived personal control, political support
MeSH terms: Adult, Female, Humans, Leadership, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Social Behavior

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