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Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping: A Trait Analysis

Douglas, Dan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1500049187715943

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2017, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, International and Comparative Politics.
This study uses Margaret Hermann’s Leadership Trait Analysis (LTA) to compare Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping and see if they have the same style. Through a content analysis of a leader’s speeches, researchers can gain insight into a leader’s motivation for obtaining office and power. In the course of this research, 167 speeches by Mao, and 79 Speeches by Xi were inputted into the content analysis program Profiler+ (Hermann, 2003). The analysis showed that Mao and Xi have some similarities in their LTA results, but the differences in their scores indicate different approaches to leadership. An analysis of the context of a sample of speeches indicated that Mao was more likely to break society into groups and to be distrustful of others than Xi. The research concludes, Mao was a revolutionary and Xi is a bureaucrat and they utilize different leadership styles in response to their environments.
Laura Luehrmann, Ph. D. (Committee Chair)
Judson Murray, Ph. D. (Committee Member)
Vaughn Shannon, Ph. D. (Committee Member)
120 p.
Political Science
Leadership Studies; Leadership Trait Analysis; China; Mao Zedong; Xi Jinping; Chinese Communist Party; Speeches; Political Psychology

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  • Douglas, D. (2017). Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping: A Trait Analysis [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1500049187715943

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Douglas, Dan. Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping: A Trait Analysis. 2017. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1500049187715943.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Douglas, Dan. "Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping: A Trait Analysis." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1500049187715943

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