Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
Past research examines relationships between personality and leadership. One well studied factor of personality is conscientiousness. This personality trait would seem to be ideal in a leader. However, there may be a dark side to conscientiousness if a leader reaches a point in conscientiousness where it has a negative affect on their leadership skills. Studies have been conducted to examine the shape of the relationship between conscientiousness and aspects of leadership, though the results are inconclusive. For this proposed research study, the hypothesis is that a curvilinear shape is predicted between conscientiousness and leadership in higher education, meaning that leadership skills could diminish at a certain point if conscientiousness behaviors become detrimental. The author plans to examine the relationship between conscientiousness and leadership style in a higher education setting utilizing the hierarchy structure of department directors as leaders and their direct reports as followers. The data would be analyzed using regression analysis, including linear and squared tertiary split. If a linear relationship emerges, it would be interesting to control for personality of the followers to see if it moderates the leader’s relationship between conscientiousness and leadership. Additional data will be collected for secondary analyses. These analyses may allow for more generalizable information as well as being conducive to furthering the available literature. The focus of the poster will concentrate on the shape of the relationship between conscientiousness and leadership.
Date
October 2019
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
Rights
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License
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Can a Leader be too Conscientious? A Linear vs. Curvilinear Comparison
Past research examines relationships between personality and leadership. One well studied factor of personality is conscientiousness. This personality trait would seem to be ideal in a leader. However, there may be a dark side to conscientiousness if a leader reaches a point in conscientiousness where it has a negative affect on their leadership skills. Studies have been conducted to examine the shape of the relationship between conscientiousness and aspects of leadership, though the results are inconclusive. For this proposed research study, the hypothesis is that a curvilinear shape is predicted between conscientiousness and leadership in higher education, meaning that leadership skills could diminish at a certain point if conscientiousness behaviors become detrimental. The author plans to examine the relationship between conscientiousness and leadership style in a higher education setting utilizing the hierarchy structure of department directors as leaders and their direct reports as followers. The data would be analyzed using regression analysis, including linear and squared tertiary split. If a linear relationship emerges, it would be interesting to control for personality of the followers to see if it moderates the leader’s relationship between conscientiousness and leadership. Additional data will be collected for secondary analyses. These analyses may allow for more generalizable information as well as being conducive to furthering the available literature. The focus of the poster will concentrate on the shape of the relationship between conscientiousness and leadership.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology