Leadership, personality and effectiveness

• This survey article is about leadership and personality, as it appears to be a renewed interest in thistopic. Even when traditional research is re-examined and new research performed the most basic conclusionremains the same. Studies of how personality traits relate to leadership give inconsistent answers. Traditionaland contemporary research shows that personality cannot explain leadership. Traits of leaders cannot explainorganizational effectiveness. Leadership appears to have a minor impact on organizational effectiveness. Thepersonality approach is less relevant to management. Management and leadership in formal organizationsare not about possessing special traits. It is about acting.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Leadership

Personality traits

Management

Efficiency

Effectiveness

Business studies

Företagsekonomi

Ledarskap, entreprenörskap och organisation

Ledarskap, entreprenörskap och organisation

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)