Why would anyone elect a narcissistic untrustworthy leader? A behavioural ecology approach
| Autor: | Safra L, Chevallier C, Baumard N |
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| Přispěvatelé: | BULTEL, Charlotte, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives & Computationnelles (LNC2), Département d'Etudes Cognitives - ENS Paris (DEC), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Institut Jean-Nicod (IJN), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département de Philosophie - ENS Paris, Sciences Po (Sciences Po), Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS) (CEVIPOF), Sciences Po (Sciences Po)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (CEVIPOF) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
[SHS.ANTHRO-SE] Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology
[SCCO]Cognitive science [SHS.EVOLUTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/domain_shs.evolution Ecology (disciplines) Environmental ethics Sociology [SCCO] Cognitive science [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology [SHS.EVOLUTION] Humanities and Social Sciences/domain_shs.evolution |
| Popis: | Leader choice is a cornerstone of modern democracies and a central topic in cognitive sciences. In the present paper, we discuss an unresolved question in leader choice research: How can the cognitive mechanisms underpinning leader choice be both exquisitely responsive to contextual cues and blatantly suboptimal? Specifically, leaders displaying features that clearly threaten group coordination or that risk harming individuals’ interests are sometimes preferred. Our review of the literature suggests that this pattern can be explained by the fact that leader choice recycles social heuristics that evolved to evaluate individual’s achievements and track their competence. Achievement evaluations are a useful guide to select who to take information from and who to grant influence to in group decisions. When used in ‘leader choice' contexts however, this heuristic leads people to select high achievers whether or not they have adequate leadership skills (i.e. skills to successfully lead and coordinate the group). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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