What Are We Measuring? Convergence of Leadership with Interpersonal and Non-interpersonal Personality

Bibliographic Data

ID12883243
AuthorsReinout E De Vries (0000-0002-4252-5839, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume4
Issue4
Pages403-417
Publication date2008-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeadership (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1742-7150 • E-ISSN: 1742-7169
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1742715008095188
OpenAlexW2170935178
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited47

Since leadership styles have been most commonly defined in terms of interpersonal influence, one would assume that they have their main projections on the interpersonal circumplex. In this study, the relations between leadership styles from the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire and Leader Behaviour Description Questionnaire and both interpersonal and HEXACO personality scales are investigated. As expected, charismatic leadership and leader's consideration have strong projections on the interpersonal circumplex, with main projections on the warm-agreeable octant. Transactional leadership, passive leadership, and task-oriented leadership have considerably weaker or no projections on the circumplex. Leader's consideration is most strongly related to interpersonal personality while both transactional and passive leadership are most strongly related to non-interpersonal personality. It is concluded that especially charismatic leadership and leader's consideration are captured almost fully by the HEXACO personality inventory

Charisma · Charismatic authority · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Leadership · Leadership style · Personality · Political science · Shared leadership · Transactional leadership · Transformational leadership · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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