Introverted and yet effective? A faceted approach to the relationship between leadership and extraversion.

Introduction: Extraversion and its facets of assertiveness and sociability were identified as stable predictors for leader emergence and effectiveness. However, recent research suggested that extraversion may lie in the eyes of the beholder; it might not be the leader's possession but their followers' attribution of the trait that shapes these criteria of leader success.

Methods: In our study, we reverse-engineered this relationship and assessed the effects of effective leadership behaviors on personality perceptions.