Leadership effectiveness
Rated or revealed ability to coordinate a group. Not the same as being chosen as leader.
Mehta and Josephs used observer ratings of leader-like behavior in a lab task. That is not CEO performance, promotion velocity, or founder outcomes. The construct leap from 20-minute group tasks to 'success' is where folklore is born.
Also called leader emergence.
Connected relationships
Observational · Moderate
Cortisol→Leadership effectiveness
Higher Cortisol moves Leadership effectiveness only in some conditions. Read the mechanism.
High cortisol is the condition under which 'high T = leader' fails. The internet quote drops this term.
Theory · Moderate
Prestige strategy→Leadership effectiveness
Higher Prestige strategy increases Leadership effectiveness.
If people follow you because you are worth copying, the group gets coordination without fear. That is a different hormone story.
Cases
Sources
- P. H. Mehta et al. (2010). Testosterone and cortisol jointly regulate dominance: Evidence for a dual-hormone hypothesis
- J. M. Carré et al. (2015). Social neuroendocrinology of human aggression: Examining the role of competition-induced testosterone dynamics
- J. Henrich et al. (2001). The evolution of prestige: Freely conferred deference as a mechanism for enhancing the benefits of cultural transmission