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trait theory  

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  • Trait theory represents researchers' earliest attempts to investigate leadership. Around the turn of the twentieth century, researchers sought to identify traits that effective leaders possessed by examining leaders who had achieved a level of greatness. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration; Trait Theory]

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