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Author Rubenzer, Steven J., 1957-

Title Personality, character, and leadership in the White House : psychologists assess the presidents / Steven J. Rubenzer and Thomas R. Faschingbauer.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, ©2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  973.099 R823p 2004    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-378) and index.
Contents Personality and character -- Who are these guys? personality characteristics of presidents, founding fathers, Democrats, and Republicans -- Predicting presidential success (with Deniz S. Ones) -- Types of presidents -- Three dominators--Andrew Jackson, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon -- Two introverts--John Adams and Woodrow Wilson -- Two good guys--Dwight Eisenhower and Gerald Ford -- One Innocent--Ulysses S. Grant -- Two actors--Warren Harding and Ronald Reagan -- Two maintainers--Harry Truman and George H.W. Bush -- Three philosophes--Thomas Jefferson, Abe Lincoln, and Jimmy Carter -- Three extroverts--Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and John Kennedy -- Special cases--George Washington and Bill Clinton -- George Walker Bush -- Epilogue -- Appendixes.
Summary Personality, Character, and Leadership in the White House is the first book-length work to present scientific personality evaluations of the American presidents. This benchmark work improves our understanding of the personal qualities that made great presidents in the past and will produce successful leaders in the future. Dr. Steven Rubenzer and Dr. Thomas Faschingbauer asked 120 experts, including biographers, historians, presidential advisers, and other knowledgeable sources, to rate the presidents by filling out a standardized personality test. For each president that fell within their area of expertise, the evaluators completed a 592-item questionnaire regarding personality, intelligence, and behavior. From the results, the authors identify nine traits related to presidential success, examine how the presidents' personalities affected their job performance, and list presidents' scores on the major dimensions of personality and the nine traits of a "Leadership Profile." Rubenzer and Faschingbauer provide insights about every American president and profile twenty-one of them in detail, including all post-World War II presidents and all of the presidents widely considered to have been the best."--Jacket.
Subject Presidents -- United States -- Psychology.
Presidents -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01075795
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Faschingbauer, Thomas R.
ISBN 1574888153 (alk. paper)
9781574888157 (alk. paper)

 
    
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