Personality, character, and leadership in the White House : psychologists assess the presidents

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Title:

Author:

Rubenzer, Steven J., 1957-

ISBN:

9781574888157

Personal Author:

Rubenzer, Steven J., 1957-

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, c2004.

Physical Description:

xiii, 385 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Personality and character -- Who are these guys? personality characteristics of presidents, founding fathers, Democrats, and Republicans -- Predicting presidential success (with deniz ones) -- Types of presidents -- Dominators--Andrew Jackson, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon -- Introverts--John Adams and Woodrow Wilson -- Good guys--Dwight Eisenhower and Gerald Ford -- Innocent--Ulysses S. Grant -- Actors--Warren Harding and Ronald Reagan -- Maintainers--Harry Truman and George H.W. Bush -- Philosophes--Thomas Jefferson, Abe Lincoln, and Jimmy Carter -- Extroverts--Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and John Kennedy -- Special case--George Washington and Bill Clinton -- George Walker Bush -- Epilogue -- Appendixes.

Abstract:

"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 knowledge-able 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Presidents -- United States -- Psychology.

Added Author:

Faschingbauer, Thomas R.

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Personality, Character, and Leadership in the White House is the first book-length work to present truly scientific personality evaluations of the American presidents. This benchmark work dramatically improves the state-of-the-art in classifying presidents and predicting performance in the White House. 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. The results led the authors to contend there are eight distinct presidential personality types: Dominators, Introverts, Good Guys, Innocents, Actors, Maintainers, Philosophes, and Extroverts. They examine how the presidents' personalities affected their job performance and list their scores on the major dimensions of personality. Rubenzer and Faschingbauer provide revealing insights about every American president and profile twenty-one of them in detail, including all post-World War