Consensus and divergence in the social representations of political leadership

• Autores: Torres Stöckl, Cynthia María, Mercedes Zubieta, Elena
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/11172
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/11172
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Social representations; leadership; consensus; divergences; representaciones sociales; dirigencia; consenso; divergencias

The aim of this paper is to analyze descriptively the consensual and differential dimensions of political leadership social representations, based on a convenience sample composed of Psychology, Philosophy and Humanities college students from Tucumán National University, Argentina. Results show a representational universe in tension characterized by opposite nuclear components: Leadership and Representation versus Power and Corruption, as well as opposite dimensions: Features / Positive Political Aspects versus Features / Negative Political Aspects, as well as two relevant clusters consistent with the latter two. Differences are also observed when analyzing variables such as: year in college, student’s political group membership, university political involvement and background / types of political figures.