Personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in Malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / Abdul Kadir Othman, Zokree Abdul Karim and Md Lehan Parimun

Personality is said to determine the leadership styles. Leaders with Introvert personality type are less open to criticism and tend to make decision without much consulting others. They prefer authoritative style of leadership. However, those with Extrovert personality type tend to accept ideas, com...

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Main Authors: Othman, Abdul Kadir, Abdul Karim, Zokree, Parimun, Md Lehan
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spelling my.uitm.ir.529312021-11-02T03:25:52Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/52931/ Personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in Malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / Abdul Kadir Othman, Zokree Abdul Karim and Md Lehan Parimun Othman, Abdul Kadir Abdul Karim, Zokree Parimun, Md Lehan Educational psychology Apperception. Perception Individuality Personnel management Graduate education Personality is said to determine the leadership styles. Leaders with Introvert personality type are less open to criticism and tend to make decision without much consulting others. They prefer authoritative style of leadership. However, those with Extrovert personality type tend to accept ideas, comments and suggestions from others. They favor participative style of leadership. However, lack of supportive evidences in Malaysian context, drives the researchers to conduct the study in this area. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between personality traits of leaders and leadership styles in Public Listed Companies (PLCs) in Malaysia. The instrument for this study is developed based on the Multi-facets Leadership Questionnaire and Goldberg’s Big-Five Factor Structure. A number of public listed companies are selected and data are analyzed by using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Besides, many authors and researchers agree that leadership styles influence culture of the organization. Participative leadership style promotes the teamwork and participation of the employees in decision-making. Therefore, it creates the supportive culture between the employees and the leaders. However, little empirical evidence is found on this phenomenon in Malaysian context. The study is conducted to minimize the gap in the literature with regard to leadership study and culture in Malaysia. The study is also an attempt to investigate the relationship between 2005-11 Research Reports NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/52931/1/52931.pdf ID52931 Othman, Abdul Kadir and Abdul Karim, Zokree and Parimun, Md Lehan (2005) Personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in Malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / Abdul Kadir Othman, Zokree Abdul Karim and Md Lehan Parimun. [Research Reports] (Unpublished)
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
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topic Educational psychology
Apperception. Perception
Individuality
Personnel management
Graduate education
spellingShingle Educational psychology
Apperception. Perception
Individuality
Personnel management
Graduate education
Othman, Abdul Kadir
Abdul Karim, Zokree
Parimun, Md Lehan
Personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in Malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / Abdul Kadir Othman, Zokree Abdul Karim and Md Lehan Parimun
description Personality is said to determine the leadership styles. Leaders with Introvert personality type are less open to criticism and tend to make decision without much consulting others. They prefer authoritative style of leadership. However, those with Extrovert personality type tend to accept ideas, comments and suggestions from others. They favor participative style of leadership. However, lack of supportive evidences in Malaysian context, drives the researchers to conduct the study in this area. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between personality traits of leaders and leadership styles in Public Listed Companies (PLCs) in Malaysia. The instrument for this study is developed based on the Multi-facets Leadership Questionnaire and Goldberg’s Big-Five Factor Structure. A number of public listed companies are selected and data are analyzed by using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Besides, many authors and researchers agree that leadership styles influence culture of the organization. Participative leadership style promotes the teamwork and participation of the employees in decision-making. Therefore, it creates the supportive culture between the employees and the leaders. However, little empirical evidence is found on this phenomenon in Malaysian context. The study is conducted to minimize the gap in the literature with regard to leadership study and culture in Malaysia. The study is also an attempt to investigate the relationship between
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author Othman, Abdul Kadir
Abdul Karim, Zokree
Parimun, Md Lehan
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Abdul Karim, Zokree
Parimun, Md Lehan
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title Personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in Malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / Abdul Kadir Othman, Zokree Abdul Karim and Md Lehan Parimun
title_short Personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in Malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / Abdul Kadir Othman, Zokree Abdul Karim and Md Lehan Parimun
title_full Personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in Malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / Abdul Kadir Othman, Zokree Abdul Karim and Md Lehan Parimun
title_fullStr Personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in Malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / Abdul Kadir Othman, Zokree Abdul Karim and Md Lehan Parimun
title_full_unstemmed Personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in Malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / Abdul Kadir Othman, Zokree Abdul Karim and Md Lehan Parimun
title_sort personality and leadership styles of top management in public listed companies in malaysia and their relationships with organizational culture / abdul kadir othman, zokree abdul karim and md lehan parimun
publishDate 2005
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/52931/1/52931.pdf
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