Older and Wiser: How Terrorist Leaders’ Tenure Influences Tactical Decisions
Older and Wiser: How Terrorist Leaders’ Tenure Influences Tactical Decisions
Michael K. Logan Matthew P. Crayne Austin Doctor Gina S. Ligon a Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USAb Massry School of Business, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USAc National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology, & Education Center, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, USAMichael K. Logan is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Kennesaw State University. His research focuses on violent extremism and ideologically-motivated criminal offending. Michael’s research has been funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE), and his research appears in scholarly journals such as the Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency, Terrorism and Political Violence and Perspectives on Terrorism. He earned his PhD from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska.Matthew P. Crayne is an associate professor of management at the Massry School of Business, University at Albany. His research focuses on the intersection of leadership, work values, and social identity. His recent work has centered on the role of leaders as organizational sensemakers, the concept of moral injury and its effect on leadership processes, and issues of ideological and values-based organizing. His work has been published in leading scientific outlets in psychology and organizational science including American Psychologist, Organizational Research Methods, and the Journal of Business and Psychology.Austin Doctor is a political scientist at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Director of Counterterrorism Research Initiatives at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. He has served as a non-resident fellow with the Modern War Institute at the United States Military Academy at West Point as well as the National Strategic Research Institute, a Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Center. His research focuses on militant actors, terrorism and political violence, and emerging threats. He earned his PhD from the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia.Gina S. Ligon is a professor of collaboration science in the College of Business at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the director of the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. Her research areas are in the assessment and measurement of malevolent leadership, or leaders who influence others do achieve malign acts on behalf of an ideology. She graduated from University of Oklahoma with a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology in 2004.