APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Extraverts Show Greater Sensitivity to Personality Predictors When Rating Leadership Performance

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Industrial/Organizational

  • Catherine LeBlanc
    Michigan State University
  • Phani Radhakrishnan
    University of Toronto
  • Yicong Cui
    University of Toronto

Abstract

Research linking personality and leadership has typically relied on self-reports of the former and observer ratings of the latter despite low levels of self-other agreement. In a sample of 130 undergraduate Management students, personality was found to be a stronger predictor of leadership performance when raters were high in Extraversion.

Personality

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