Editing Leadership (section)

===All groups have a designated leader===

Not all groups need have a designated leader. Groups that are primarily composed of women,<ref name=SBA>{{multiref2
|1={{cite journal | last1 = Schmid Mast | first1 = M | year = 2002 | title = Female dominance hierarchies: Are they any different from males'? | url = https://archive.org/details/sim_personality-and-social-psychology-bulletin_2002-01_28_1/page/29 | journal = Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | volume = 28 | pages = 29–39 | doi=10.1177/0146167202281003| s2cid = 145108183 }}
|2={{cite journal | last1 = Berdahl | first1 = J. L. | last2 = Anderson | first2 = C. | year = 2005 | title = Men, women, and leadership centralization in groups over time | journal = Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice | volume = 9 | pages = 45–57 | doi=10.1037/1089-2699.9.1.45| s2cid = 55069255 }} }}</ref> are limited in size, are free from stressful decision-making,<ref name=guastello>{{cite journal | last1 = Guastello | first1 = S. J. | year = 2007 | title = Nonlinear dynamics and leadership emergence | url = https://epublications.marquette.edu/psych_fac/220| journal = Leadership Quarterly | volume = 18 | issue = 4| pages = 357–369 | doi=10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.04.005}}</ref> or only exist for a short period of time (e.g., student work groups; pub quiz/trivia teams) often undergo a [[diffusion of responsibility]], in which leadership tasks and roles are shared amongst members.{{r|SBA}}{{r|guastello}}