WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LEADERSHIP - EFFECTIVENESS AND PERSONALITY

Although psychologists know a great deal about leadership, persons who make decisions about real leaders seem largely to ignore their accumu lated wisdom. In an effort to make past research more accessible, inte rpretable, and relevant to decision makers, this article defines leade rship and then answers nine questions that routinely come up when prac tical decisions are made about leadership (e.g., whom to appoint, how to evaluate them, when to terminate them).