Abstract
The study is the first to examine the relationship between the ‘big five’ personality traits and the descriptors of servant leadership of medium sized or-ganisation offering transportation services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The findings support a strong, positive and significant relationship between servant leadership behaviours and the personality traits of agreeableness, conscientious-ness, openness to experience and extraversion. As expected, neuroticism (nega-tive affectivity) showed a negative relationship with every dimension of servant leadership, suggesting that in order to maintain and promote a pleasant work environment, organisations should avoid hiring and or promoting managers who score high on negative affectivity. Direction for future research and practical im-plications for leadership and business approaches are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of The 8th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ECMLG 2012) |
| Editors | John Politis |
| Place of Publication | UK |
| Publisher | ACPIL |
| Pages | 332–339 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-62748-071-0, 9781908272751 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 8th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance - Pafos, Cyprus Duration: 8 Nov 2012 → 9 Nov 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | 8th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance |
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| Abbreviated title | ECMLG 2012 |
| Period | 8/11/12 → 9/11/12 |