LINKING LEADER PERSONALITY TRAITS TO MOTIVATION TO LEAD: A SELF-CONCEPT APPROACH

作者：Chen Lu

来源：Social Behavior and Personality, 2016, 44(11): 1913-1925.

DOI：10.2224/sbp.2016.44.11.1913

• narcissism
• humility
• leadership self-efficacy
• positivity in leader identity
• motivation to lead
• affective-identity motivation to lead
• social-normative motivation to lead

I tested a model of motivation to lead in relation to two types of leader traits (narcissism and humility). I proposed that leader traits would influence individuals' motivation to lead through the self-concept construction processes of leadership self-efficacy and positivity in leader identity. Using a 3-wave time-lagged sample comprising 280 managers, I found that (a) both narcissism and humility had significant and positive influences on the affective-identity and social-normative components of motivation to lead; and (b) these relationships were mediated by leadership self-efficacy and positivity in leader identity. I discuss the implications of these findings for research on leader traits, leadership development, and cross-cultural management.

• 出版日期2016
• 单位电子科技大学