Shout it out: Study of Introverts

1.Cain, Susan. Quiet. New York: Broadway, 2013. Print.
In this book the author delves deep in to all aspects of introverted life. One aspect she coverd was how introverts perform better in certain leadership roles than extroverts. Statistically, Introverts preform better academically getting higher scores on average. different cultures like the Japanese and Chinese define introversion as their cultural ideal. She also discussed how our culture shifted in the early twentieth century from one that valued character to one that prized salesmanship and personality above all else. She also discusses what situations a introverted person thrives in and how introverts and extraverts can learn to communicate with each other.
.2.Gannett,Anita Bruzzese.“On the Job: Introverts win in the end ” usatoday. Gannett, 2012. Web. 17 Dec 2013.
Here USA Today addresses that, although extroverts are much more confident and reassuring to prospective employers, Introverts and people who are commonly seen as neurotic may actually make better employes. One of the reasons they give for this is introverts are more worried about being seen as not doing their job. Another point they address is introverts tend to be less intimidating and easier to use as a sounding board for new ideas. Finally, introverts are less likely to filibuster and not let other employes talk.
3.Grant, Adam ,Francesca Gino,and David A. Hofmann. ”The Hidden Advantages of Quiet Bosses” Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Publishing,2010. Web. 18 Dec 2013, for this article Harvard Business Review takes a look at the long held assumption that extraverts always make better leaders. First they look at a real business and find that in situations where the followers gave...

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... business by Steve Jobs, and inspired by the Homebrew Computer Club to make the first Apple Computer, he undertook the design process completely alone. Steve Wozniak even gives this piece of advice to budding engineers "work alone". but even though studies have found that we are more productive alone, most businesses have moved to in Open Office plan, and concentrated on team building and group brainstorming. when someone is interrupted they can take twice as long to finish a task. working together maybe good to orient a group on a project, but people need to be free from criticism and fear well they do the actual work. when scientists analyzed the work of computer programmers, they found that the ones with the highest level of privacy had much higher productivity levels. people also automatically tend to follow the herd, out of a unconscious fear of not fitting in.