Year: 2007
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This thesis examines the relationship between the Big Five personality traits \n(extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, conscientiousness, and \nneuroticism) and equity sensitivity and transformational leadership behavior, as well as \ninteraction between equity sensitivity and specific personality traits (extraversion and \nagreeableness). The subjects include 95 MBA students. The Personality Inventory \nQuestionnaire, Equity Preference Questionnaire (EPQ), and Multifactor Leadership \nQuestionnaire-Form 5X are used to evaluate their personality, equity sensitivity, and \nleadership behavior. Additionally, the Equity Sensitivity Instrument (ESI) is used to \nmeasure equity sensitivity, and by comparing the results between EPQ and ESI, \npotential differences in the measures of equity sensitivity are identified. \nv \nThe data is analyzed through hierarchical multiple regression analysis. As \nhypothesized, agreeableness and openness to experience have a significant positive \nrelationship with transformational leadership behavior. However, when the model \nincludes equity sensitivity, the effect of agreeableness disappears. As assumed in this \nthesis, conscientiousness and neuroticism do not have any significant relationship with \ntransformational leadership behavior. In addition, extraversion does not positively relate \nto transformational leadership behavior, and equity sensitivity does not interact with \nextraversion and agreeableness when predicting transformational leadership behavior. \nWhen equity sensitivity is measured by the EPQ, the results show a positive relationship \nbetween equity sensitivity and transformational leadership behavior, while there is no \nsignificant relationship when equity sensitivity is measured by the ESI. \nThis study contributes to the determinants of transformational leadership by \nadding equity sensitivity. It explains that transformational leadership behavior is \ndetermined by individual characteristics. Future studies should extend the research on \nleadership behavior relating equity sensitivity based on the results of this study. Future \nstudies should also regard the difference between the ESI and EPQ as a measurement of \nequity sensitivity. Furthermore, organizations and schools should consider benevolence \nas an important element of employee selection tests, and leadership education and \ndevelopment.
Author: Eunhui Lee
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: University of Texas at Arlington
OpenAlex ID: W45888157