Relationship of Big Five, Self-efficacy, and Romance of Leadership in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Liang, Ya-Ting, 梁雅婷
• Other Authors: Liu, Ting-Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60500233568996354983

碩士 === 高雄師範大學 === 人力與知識管理研究所 === 98 === Studies on leadership theory were mostly leader-centric, exploring behavior of leaders themselves and effectiveness of leadership. In recent years, the focus has gradually turned to explore whether personality traits of leaders influence effectiveness of leadership. In addition, follower-centric leadership theories, known as implicit leadership theories (ILTs), have also come to emerge. The theories suggest that effectiveness of leadership does not only depend on leaders themselves but also on the social-constructivist perspective shared by leaders. One of ILTs is romance of leadership, presented by Meindl in 1985. Romance of leadership emphasizes the pivotal role of effectiveness of leadership in organization performances. People who tend to romanticize leadership believe that leadership is the most important factor in determining organization performances. The study aims to investigate the situation on romanticizing leadership and whether self-efficacy and personality traits of the subjects play a role. The subjects include students of on-the-job MBA programs in five universities of Kaohsiung Area. 300 questionnaires are issued with 228 returned and 205 valid. The result shows that people with higher/lower self-efficacy tend to/do not tend to romanticize leadership. Besides, agreeableness, extraversion and openness to experience in the Big Five have influences on romance of leadership.