Liu, Yao and Yan, Shao Qin and Sui, Hai Juan and Freida, Ayodele Ozavize and Feng, Li (2017) Bridging Leader’s Personality with Leadership Style. The Social Sciences, 12 (6). pp. 1076-1084. ISSN 1818-5800. (Published)
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Abstract
Purpose effective leaders have been increasingly regarded conclusive in achieving business success under today’s globalization. The study explores from the perspectives of leader’s personality and leadership style. The 16 personality global factors are adopted to identify the five personality traits including extraversion, anxiety, tough-mindedness, independence and self-control. Leadership styles are targeted at the task-oriented, the relations-oriented and the change-oriented. The 31 pairs of managers and their subordinates from telecommunication industries in Malaysia are invited for respective participation. The results show that) the dominant personality of leaders is extraversion followed by self-control; the most popular leadership style is task-oriented and the task-oriented leadership is line within dependence and self-control for change-oriented leaders they are extravert but less tough-mindedness and for relations-oriented leaders they are extravert and also independent. Future, researches are recommended to broaden the research scope from personality, leadership style to include leadership effectiveness which might be more beneficial for industries to build up their competitiveness. The study established the matrix demonstrating the relationships between each personality and leadership style which can be applied as guidance in industries for recruiting, selecting and promoting suitable person for proper managerial position.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 16 personality global factors; personality traits; leadership style; telecommunication; promoting |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| Faculty/Division: | Faculty of Industrial Management Institute of Postgraduate Studies |
| Depositing User: | Noorul Farina Arifin |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2020 01:19 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2020 01:19 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28852 |
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