Abstract
The article presents theoretical analysis of the leadership phenomenon in different fields of scientific knowledge. It is emphasized that leadership is a result of the leader's activity as a member of the group. It is carried out analysis of concepts «leadership» and «leader» in the context of leadership theories: theory of leader roles, theory of lines of leadership, interactive theory, situational theory, synthetic theory. Age peculiarities of leadership in the school environment are characterized. An important stage in the development of leadership and the formation of leadership qualities defined early youth age as period of accumulation of leader potential, becoming of personality identity, and professional self-determination, production of value orientations for expansion social situation of personality development and integration into the social space. It is marked that leadership qualities are generalized qualities of a leader in relation to creating a new vision for solving a problem, successfully influencing followers to achieve common goals with the group. The main components of the student’s model of leadership qualities are highlighted and characterized. Based on analysis of leadership qualities and psychological features of high school students the content of their leadership determines interrelation of tendency to leadership with communicative-organizational and motivational components of the leadership qualities model. The research results of the content of leadership in modern graduates of secondary schools are presented. Empirically tested and defined links between tendency to leadership and development level of leadership qualities (communication skills and motivation to success) students of the 10th and 11th grades.
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