essay
Leaders, followers and attitudes toward authority
King's men : leadership and status in Buganda on the eve of independence • London • Published In 1964 • Pages: 336-356
By: Doob, Leonard W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines the extent to which political attitudes and structure are congruent in Baganda society. It is based on two questionnaires administered to 139 and 124 informants living in Kampala and surrounding suburbs (the furthest village being 30 miles away.) The researchers distinguished three groups: professionals educated at Makerere University, minor chiefs (at the district level and below), and 'followers' which included villagers, recent migrants, and high-school students. The biggest difference was found between the university-educated professionals and the minor leaders and followers. The former felt that leaders should lead, whereas the latter felt that leaders should follow the people's wishes. According to the author, most Baganda feel subservient towards their leaders, except for the professional group who felt hostility towards traditional leaders. Doob attributes these differences in attitude to the varying degree of acculturation the respective groups have experienced.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Social relationships and groups
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Territorial hierarchy
- Ethnosociology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ganda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Psychologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1954-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leonard W. Doob
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64002741
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ganda (African people)