ABSTRACT

We investigate whether a framework drawn from the field of organizational management can be used by citizens of two countries with different political history and culture to assess character. Drawing on a survey administered two weeks before the 2016 US presidential election, we report that Canadians and Americans are the same in how they evaluate eleven dimensions of character: both considered all dimensions as essential in political leaders. The results also showed an appreciable gap between the perceived importance of the character dimensions and whether respondents believe three national leaders—Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Justin Trudeau—live up to these expectations. However, the two groups differ in their evaluation of the specific dimensions of character among these political leaders. Canadians are less supportive of Trump’s character array than that of Clinton or Trudeau. Also, Canadian Conservatives are less supportive of Trump’s character than are American Republicans.

摘要

我们调查了具有不同政治历史和文化的两个国家的公民是否可以使用从组织管理领域中提取的框架来评估性格。根据2016年美国总统大选前两周进行的一项调查，我们报告加拿大人和美国人在评估11个方面的品格方面是相同的：双方都认为所有这些方面对于政治领导人来说都是必不可少的。结果还表明，在人们对角色尺寸的重要性的感知与受访者是否相信三位国家领导人-唐纳德·特朗普，希拉里·克林顿和贾斯汀·特鲁多之间，存在着相当大的差距。但是，这两个集团对这些政治领导人之间的性格特征的评价是不同的。与克林顿或特鲁多相比，加拿大人不太支持特朗普的性格。另外，加拿大保守派对特朗普性格的支持程度不及美国共和党人。