Implicit leadership theories of Bruneians

• Main Authors: Ariff Lim, Syamimi, Othman, Rozhan, Zain, Ali Yusob, Pengiran, Dayangku Siti Rozaidah
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 2012
• Subjects: H Social Sciences
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/30582/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2012.718674
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A leader’s effectiveness is affected by the followers’ acceptance of the leader as their leader. Followers rely on their cognitive schema to judge whether someone deserves to be considered a leader. This cognitive schema is the implicit leadership theory (ILT) individuals have on the qualities of a...