Chapter
The Evolutionary Basis for Leadership
19:01 - 48:19 (29:17)
Leaders can be motivated by a desire to help or a desire for power, but ultimately, their pro-social motivation can be explained by the ways it increases their status and reproductive success over evolutionary time scales. Group size and the ecological conditions play an important role in shaping the need for leadership and more formalized leadership structures.
Clips
Leaders may have pro-social motivations, but this can be explained by the positive reputations and increased status they gain over evolutionary time scales, which enhances their reproductive success.
19:01 - 48:19 (29:17)
Leadership
Summary
Leaders may have pro-social motivations, but this can be explained by the positive reputations and increased status they gain over evolutionary time scales, which enhances their reproductive success. Group size and ecology also play a role in creating demand for leaders to help resolve conflicts and solve coordination and collective action problems.