Motivation to lead as mediator of relations between the dark triad, big five, and leadership intention

• Main Authors: Kennedy, Jeffrey C., Chan, Kim Yin, Ho, Ringo Moon-Ho, Uy, Marilyn A., Chernyshenko, Oleksander S.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Business::Management::Leadership; Leader Emergence; Dark Triad; Motivation to Lead; Leadership Intention; Big Five
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153050
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study seeks to enhance the distal-proximal modeling of personality trait–leader emergence relationships by (1) distinguishing between the motivation to lead (i.e., the reasons why a person seeks leadership roles) and leadership intention (i.e., one’s expressed desire to claim a leadership role)...