ORCID ID
Kathleen Reardon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6372-9507
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2023
Publication Title
Perspectives on Psychological Science
Abstract
Leadership traits and behaviors are observed early in human development, and although an improved understanding of youth leadership would usefully inform many real-world contexts (e.g., education, parenting, policy), most empirical work on leadership has been limited to adult populations. The purpose of the current article is to add a developmental perspective to leadership research that has so far been absent. Here, we (a) highlight adolescence as a critical developmental period for leadership emergence and development, (b) argue that leadership among youths is poorly understood and critically understudied, (c) provide exemplars of synergy between research on leadership and adolescent development that are ripe for focused inquiry, and (d) underscore some of the positive consequences of accelerating empirical research on leadership in adolescence, including implications for a deeper understanding of leadership in adult working populations.
DOI
10.1177/17456916221118536
Version
Publisher's PDF
Recommended Citation
Tackett, Jennifer L.; Reardon, Kathleen W.; Fast, Nathanael J.; and Johnson, Lars, "Understanding the Leaders of Tomorrow: The Need to Study Leadership in Adolescence" (2023). Psychology Faculty Publications. 69.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clpsych_facpub/69
Volume
18
Issue
4
