Abstract
Ivo Sanader and Zoran Milanović dominated the Croatian politics in the second decade after independence, both as the leaders of the two major Croatian parties, and as prime ministers. Along the theoretical framework of the edited volume, the chapter rates the personality traits of flexibility, integrity, competence, need for power, self-confidence, and cognitive complexity for Milanović and Sanader across their four terms as party leaders. Within these terms, they served both as PMs and leaders of the opposition, which allows for tracing their personality traits under different contextual conditions and across time. The analysis identifies flexibility as the trait which characterizes both leaders, while integrity is the crucial distinguishing trait. The final step of the analysis links the personality traits of the leaders with outcomes for their parties, particularly electoral results and party cohesion.
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http://arhiva.nacional.hr/clanak/print/10799, accessed 26 January 2019.
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The vote shares of individual parties within pre-electoral coalitions were estimated based on the share of seats.
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https://poslovnipuls.com/2011/12/05/zoran-milanovic-biografija/, accessed 26 January 2019.
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https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/ivo-sanader-od-vrha-do-dna/439891.aspx, accessed 26 January 2019.
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http://arhiva.nacional.hr/clanak/9948/branimir-glavas-izbacen-iz-hdz-a, accessed 26 January 2019.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yjkj5PTk_Y, accessed 26 January 2019.
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https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/milanovic-je-najveci-bandicevac-20100125, accessed 26 January 2019.
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Kukec, M. (2020). Party Leaders in Croatia: Comparing Ivo Sanader and Zoran Milanović. In: Gherghina, S. (eds) Party Leaders in Eastern Europe. Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32025-6_4
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