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Researchers find people are born leaders

British researchers say they‘ve found it’s at least partially true some people are born leaders, thanks to a specific DNA sequence.

Dr. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve of the University College London School of Public Policy, who led an international team at Harvard, New York University and the University of California, said about a quarter of the observed variation in leadership behavior between individuals can be explained by genes.
Leaders are said to have a common DNA sequence. (123rf)
Leaders are said to have a common DNA sequence. (123rf)

“We have identified a genotype, called rs4950, which appears to be associated with the passing of leadership ability down through generations,” lead author De Neve said in a statement. “The conventional wisdom -- that leadership is a skill -- remains largely true, but we show it is also, in part, a genetic trait.”

To find the genotype, the researchers analyzed data from two large-scale samples in the United States, available through the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Framingham Heart Study.

They compared genetic samples of about 4,000 individuals with information about jobs and relationships and found there was a significant association between rs4950 and leadership.

Leadership behavior was measured by determining whether or not individuals occupied supervisory roles in the workplace.

The study, published online in Leadership Quarterly, found although acquiring a leadership position mostly depends on developing skills, inheriting the leadership trait can also play an important role. (UPI)





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리더가 되기 위한 필수조건?

영국 연구가들이 리더는 특정한 DNA를 갖고 태어나 부분적으로 타고나는 것이라고 밝혔다.

런던 대학교 행정학과 교수 임마누엘 네브에 따르면 관찰된 리더들의 행동을 분석해보면 25퍼센트는 특정 유전자를 갖고 있는 것으로 설명된다고 전했다.

“rs4950이라는 유전자를 발견했는데, 이는 세대별로 전해져 내려오는 리더십과 밀접한 관계가 있는 유전자이다”고 네브 교수가 밝혔다. “리더십은 훈련되는 것이라고 말하는 것도 맞지만, 유전적 특징이라고도 부분적으로 말할 수 있다”

이 유전자를 찾기 위해 연구가들은 두 개의 큰 샘플을 분석했다.

약 4,000명의 실험 대상자를 대상으로 rs4950유전자와 리더십의 상관관계를 분석했다.

실험 대상자들의 리더십은 일터에서 지도자의 능력을 발휘했는지로 판단되었다.

리더십은 훈련되는 것이기도 하지만 타고나는 것이라고 밝힌 이 연구는 리더십 쿼털리에 발간되었다. (코리아헤럴드)
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