2What type of evidence will be considered?
In exploring the route to overall performance in managers, we shall draw on a variety of evidence, the main types of which are set out below.
Personality traits and mental abilities
There are two main strands of evidence. Firstly, data on the personalities of average managers compared to the general population average. This will reveal in what way, if any, managers are different. Secondly, we shall look at any associations of personality and ability factors with overall managerial performance.
The average manager
We shall consider a published landmark UK study of nearly 2,000 senior managerial applicants1 and my own study of 450 small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) directors, the executives to whom ...
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