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Article: Generation X Shuns Charismatic Leaders.
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
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Eighteen- to 30-year-olds may be the first generation of Americans not looking for charismatic national figures to lead them. According to a poll of Generation Xers conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, young adults believe small groups of resourceful individuals with practical know-how will take the lead instead of big institutions, experts, and/or authority figures. In addition, GenXers are witnessing strong leadership in their own backyards, where teachers, coaches, and even family members are working together to solve the problems of the future.
"Young adults have grown up with no living memory of the activism of the 1960s or the leadership icons ...