Leader Selection and Dissent Behavior in Small Political Groups

Experimental research has shown that groups, the leaders of which were appointed on the basis of merit or who were chosen by the group itself, are better problem solvers than groups without leaders or groups with leaders appointed arbitrarily (Goldman and Fraas, 1965: 87-88). This research suggested to Walker (1976) that there will be significantly less dissent on state supreme courts when the chief judges of those courts are chosen