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According to a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, leadership is often about who’s the loudest, not who’s right. In the first study, students were recruited and divided into teams with the task of creating fictional nonprofit groups. Members rated one another on level of competence and influence over the group. People who spoke up the most were rated as “intelligent” while quieter members were described as “uncreative”.
The second study aimed at being more quantifiable, and had team members solving math problems from the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). People who spoke up first and more often were again rated as leaders. Thing is, these “leaders” were not the ones giving the most correct answers. U.C . Berkeley associate professor of organizational behavior, Cameron Anderson led the study and says “Even though they were not more competent, dominant individuals behaved as if they were.” Bottom line, the people in charge of us may not know more, they might just be louder and pushier. Your boss may not be as smart as she thinks she is. Duh.
Source: Time Magazine
