Emergent leadership in small, decision-making groups.

Analysis was made of emergent leaders in decision making conferences in 72 business and government organizations with the findings showing: (1) Emergent leaders were present where designated chairmen were not adequate as leaders; (2) Emergent leaders were present where cliques existed and where there was low congruence of motivation; (3) Compared with others in the same group, emergent leaders had relatively high rank and expertness; (4) Emergent leaders had high personal motivation; (5) Emergent leaders were rated high by other members with regard to being needed in the group. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)