NDLI: Leadership in an Egalitarian Society

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Author	Rueden, Christopher Gurven, Michael Kaplan, Hillard Stieglitz, Jonathan
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Leadership is instrumental to resolution of collective action dilemmas, particularly in large, heterogeneous groups. Less is known about the characteristics or effectiveness of leadership in small-scale, homogeneous, and relatively egalitarian societies, in which humans have spent most of our existence. Among Tsimane’ forager-horticulturalists of Bolivia, we (1) assess traits of elected leaders under experimental and naturalistic conditions and (2) test whether leaders impact or differentially benefit from collective action outcomes. We find that elected leaders are physically strong and have more kin and other exchange partners. Their ranks on physical dominance, kin support, and trustworthiness predict how well their groups perform, but only where group members have a history of collaborative interaction. Leaders do not take more of the spoils. We discuss why physically strong leaders can be compatible with egalitarianism, and we suggest that leaders in egalitarian societies may be more motivated by maintaining an altruistic reputation than by short-term rewards of collective action.
Starting Page	538
Ending Page	566
Page Count	29
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10456767
Journal	Human Nature
Volume Number	25
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	19364776
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-09-21
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Leadership Status hierarchy Cooperation Egalitarianism Small-scale society Anthropology Behavioral Sciences Biological Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Arts and Humanities Anthropology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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