IS YOUR PERSONALITY A SIGN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE? A MODEL PROPOSAL TO PERSONALITY AND LEADERSHIP RELATIONSHIP

摘要

Research findings show that "personality" is one of the important factors which affects leadership style. The purpose of this study is to build a model representing "personality - leadership" relationship and to reveal which personality characteristic is related with which leadership style. A literature survey is made t o reveal some empirical findings on "personality" and "the role of personality on leadership performance". This article covers an application made to reveal the relations between occupational personality dimensions and leadership styles. The data is obtained by using "SHL-OPQ/Occupational Personality Questionnaire" in two different cultures (United Kingdom and Turkey). The total number of managers is 273 composed of 126 from United Kingdom and 147 from Turkey. The collected data is analyzed by using ANOV A and Spearman correlation methods. Important differences and similarities are found between cultures. By using these findings, a model is built which shows the relationships between the "occupational personality characteristics" and "leadership styles".