Annoted Bibliography Outline

Question: Discuss that outline of annotated bibliography is a synthesized paper? Answer: Introduction Thesis Statement The outline of annotated bibliography is a synthesized paper that will be made in order to express the details of the three articles. The information from the three articles was used as resources for construction of the outline (Lilienfeld et al., 2012). The information that will be included in the paper is the identification of the common themes of the three articles and the construction of a conclusion statement which is common to all the three articles (Odom, Boyd Williams, 2012). The three articles are viewed as a single entity. The three articles have tried to identify the personality traits of leaders (Bezdjian, Tuvblad, Raine Baker, 2011). Discussion 1. The first article " Fearless dominance and the U.S. presidency: Implications of psychopathic personality traits for successful and unsuccessful political leadership. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology." a.) The first article has tried to identify the psychopathic personality traits. i. The major personality types that bear key influence on the political leadership are considered as the successful traits. The traits include interpersonal dominance, venturesomeness and persuasiveness. These traits help the leaders to acquire the political power that results in successful leadership (Edens, Buffington Tomicic, 2000). ii. The article has identified the disorders that differentiate leaders from the psychopaths. For this purpose, factor analysis of PPI (Psychopathic Personality inventory) has been conducted in a community that reflects the higher order dimensions of fearless dominance and impulsive ant sociality. The personality traits that affect the performance at job and leadership have been examined with a sample that comprises of individuals with unsuccessful behaviors and successful behaviors. 121 recruited experts were studied for this study and a 596 items questionnaire was completed to study the personality. The article discussed the NEO revised inventory personality and its relation to the psychopathic traits (Lilienfeld et al., 2012). 2. The second article - "Leadership styles and associated personality traits: Support for the conceptualisation of transactional and transformational leadership. South African Journal of Psychology." a.) The article provides a description of the various styles of leadership which includes transactional style of leadership, transformational style of leadership and the laissez faire style of leadership. The transformational leaders possess a charismatic personality that influences and stimulates the followers. Transactional leaders tend to involve a social change process and the followers are a part of the entire process. They receive rewards or punishments on the basis of the commitment. A passive leader lacks leadership and the style is followed for self management (Bezdjian, Tuvblad, Raine Baker, 2011). b.) The association of the behavioral styles with the type of leadership has been found. An intervention has been conducted to analyze the impact of management style on the performance of the team and the organization. The results from the assessment have been analyzed. It has identified the differences in the personality traits of managers in various segments of the business (van Eeden, Cilliers van Deventer, 2008). 3.) Article 3 - "Impact of Personal Growth Projects on Leadership Identity Development. Journal of Leadership Education." a.) The article has identified the impact of leadership program on the personal growth of an individual. The various programs on leadership tend to imbibe positive growth on the personality. The PGP programs increases the self awareness, self confidence and the interpersonal efficiency. b.) The various instructional strategies tend to develop the self awareness, interpersonal efficiency, self confidence and motivation among the students. The best strategy that results in greatest advantage to the development of identity of the individual has been stated. The training of leadership that will offer better results has been stated (Odom, Boyd Williams, 2012). The main theme of the three articles is to identify the personality traits that govern the leadership type. The personality traits that are related to the leadership type have been identified. The first article has emphasized on identification of the type of personality that plays a major role in the development of political leadership (Schmid, 2006). The three articles have tried to identify the major influences on the leadership styles. The three articles are based share the common information which is based on the identification of the major influences on the style of leadership. The articles have described the personality traits that are responsible for the diverse range of leadership. In this respect the personality traits of the transformational leaders and the transactional leaders has been stated. The social ethics that influence the development of the behavioral traits has been identified. The personality traits of passive leadership style have also been identified. The psyc hopathic personality trait that differentiates one leader from the other has been identified. The various dimensions that affect the personality trait have been identified via factor analysis. The behavioral traits related to psychopaths have identified the unsuccessful actions. Psychopathy has also tried to identify the traits that results in behavior that are socially successful. The three articles have identified common traits that are seen among the leaders. They are interpersonal dominance, venturesomeness, persuasiveness that results in the acquisition of political power which is necessary to become a successful leader (Schmid, 2006). The common themes of the three articles are the major personality trait that develops the leadership style. The variances in the style of leadership are a result of the influence of the training programs on the students. The successful and the unsuccessful traits results in the development of the type of leadership. The variances in the personality and behavioral traits results in the development of transactional leaders, transformational leaders and passive leaders (Moors, 2012) . Conclusion The paper includes an analysis of the various factors that leads to the development of leadership style. The purpose of the study is to synthesize a common theme behind the proposition of the articles. The main proposition of the articles has been validated with study of the personality traits of specific group. Author has also used to intervention to validate the proposition in the study. The major area of concern of the author is to identify the unsuccessful actions and successful actions that results in the development of the leadership style. From the three articles it can be said that the personality development programs plays a major role in the development of leadership traits. The style of leadership is identified by a combination of successful actions and unsuccessful actions. References Bezdjian, S., Tuvblad, C., Raine, A., Baker, L. (2011). The Genetic and Environmental Covariation Among Psychopathic Personality Traits, and Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Childhood.Child Development,82(4), 1267-1281. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01598.x Edens, J., Buffington, J., Tomicic, T. (2000). An Investigation of the Relationship between Psychopathic Traits and Malingering on the Psychopathic Personality Inventory.Assessment,7(3), 281-296. doi:10.1177/107319110000700307 Lilienfeld, S., Waldman, I., Landfield, K., Watts, A., Rubenzer, S., Faschingbauer, T. (2012). Fearless dominance and the U.S. presidency: Implications of psychopathic personality traits for successful and unsuccessful political leadership.Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology,103(3), 489-505. doi:10.1037/a0029392 Moors, G. (2012). The effect of response style bias on the measurement of transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership.European Journal Of Work And Organizational Psychology,21(2), 271-298. doi:10.1080/1359432x.2010.550680 Odom, S., Boyd, B., Williams, J. (2012). Impact of Personal Growth Projects on Leadership Identity Development.Journal Of Leadership Education,11(1), 49-63. doi:10.12806/v11/i1/rf3 Othman, J., Mohammed, K., DSilva, J. (2012). Does a Transformational and Transactional Leadership Style Predict Organizational Commitment among Public University Lecturers in Nigeria?.Asian Social Science,9(1). doi:10.5539/ass.v9n1p165 Schmid, H. (2006). Leadership styles and leadership change in human and community service organizations.Nonprofit Management Leadership,17(2), 179-194. doi:10.1002/nml.142 van Eeden, R., Cilliers, F., van Deventer, V. (2008). 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