RT Journal
A1 Frank JD
T1 Comments on "preventing deadly conflict: The critical role of leadership"
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 1999
FD November 1
VO 56
IS 11
SP 980
OP 980
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.56.11.980
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.56.11.980
AB 
Characteristic of successful leaders is their persistence in pursuing their goals despite suffering humiliation, defeats, and so forth, and they have the power to persuade their followers to do likewise. Furthermore, powerful leaders reach the top of their societies by persisting in the face of privations, threats, and other negative reinforcements.