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What about the leader? What should the Hungarian Prime Minister do after he lied?

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This article shows how text analysis is used to investigate the role leadership characteristics (in the sense of how to behave) play in the media before and after a political leader has taken care of an event that has shocked a substantial part of the population in his country. Here this is a lie by the Hungarian Prime Minister that became public in September 2006. It turns out that after the event took place the leader has to demonstrate vision and has to keep or gain trust from the people.

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Popping, R. What about the leader? What should the Hungarian Prime Minister do after he lied?. Qual Quant 47, 1323–1335 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-011-9593-z

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