55 professional persons at a community mental health workshop were Ss in a study to determine the relationship between group judgments of those playing major leadership roles and the tendencies of leaders voluntarily to occupy head seats at mealtimes. A low, positive relationship was found. A high relationship was found between judgments of staff and participants on perceived leaders.
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