Personality Characteristics as Predictors of the Leader’s Ethical Leadership in Regular Times and in Times of Crisis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study 1
2.1. Method
2.1.1. Participants
2.1.2. Design and Procedure
2.2. Results and Discussion
3. Study 2
3.1. Method
3.1.1. Participants
3.1.2. Design and Procedure
3.2. Results and Discussion
4. Study 3
4.1. Method
4.1.1. Participants
4.1.2. Design and Procedure
4.2. Results and Discussion
5. General Discussion
5.1. Theoretical Implications
5.2. Practical and Social Implications
5.3. Limitations and Scope for Future Research
5.4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Model | Unstandardized Coefficient | Standardized Coefficient | t | Sig. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Std. Error | Beta | |||
Constant | 0.209 | 0.213 | 0.978 | 0.330 | |
Agreeableness | 0.425 | 0.065 | 0.476 | 6.508 | 0.0001 |
Conscientiousness | 0.484 | 0.079 | 0.449 | 6.149 | 0.0001 |
Model summary | |||||
Model | R | Adj. R2 | SE of the estimate | F | Sig |
0.852 | 0.72 | 0.482 | 167.211 | 0.0001 |
Before the Pandemic | Unstandardized Coefficient | Standardized Coefficient | t | Sig. | |
B | Std. Error | Beta | |||
Constant | 0.648 | 0.455 | 1.422 | 0.157 | |
Agreeableness | 0.320 | 0.073 | 0.362 | 4.376 | 0.0001 |
Conscientiousness | 0.522 | 0.077 | 0.472 | 6.741 | 0.0001 |
Extraversion | 0.090 | 0.080 | 0.071 | 1.126 | 0.262 |
Neuroticism | −0.112 | 0.076 | −0.109 | −1.471 | 0.144 |
Openness to experience | −0.054 | 0.084 | −0.045 | −0.643 | 0.521 |
Model summary | R | Adj. R2 | SE of the estimate | F | Sig |
0.811 | 0.643 | 0.504 | 47.910 | 0.0001 | |
During the Pandemic | Unstandardized Coefficient | Standardized Coefficient | t | Sig. | |
B | Std. Error | Beta | |||
Constant | −0.394 | 0.600 | −0.657 | 0.513 | |
Agreeableness | 0.482 | 0.096 | 0.480 | 5.001 | 0.0001 |
Conscientiousness | 0.344 | 0.102 | 0.274 | 3.369 | 0.0001 |
Extraversion | 0.110 | 0.106 | 0.076 | 1.044 | 0.298 |
Neuroticism | 0.023 | 0.100 | 0.020 | 0.229 | 0.819 |
Openness to experience | 0.142 | 0.111 | 0.103 | 1.278 | 0.204 |
Model summary | R | Adj. R2 | SE of the estimate | F | Sig |
0.734 | 0.52 | 0.664 | 29.174 | 0.0001 |
Model | Unstandardized Coefficient | Standardized Coefficient | t | Sig. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Std. Error | Beta | |||
Constant | −0.260 | 0.151 | −1.721 | 0.086 | |
Agreeableness | 0.408 | 0.033 | 0.424 | 12.281 | 0.0001 |
Conscientiousness | 0.431 | 0.039 | 0.389 | 11.019 | 0.0001 |
Openness to experience | 0.136 | 0.045 | 0.107 | 3.038 | 0.03 |
Extraversion | 0.091 | 0.036 | 0.083 | 2.556 | 0.011 |
Model summary | |||||
Model | R | Adj. R2 | SE of the estimate | F | Sig |
0.805 | 0.65 | 0.469 | 205.871 | 0.0001 |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleDamti, Shirel, and Guy Hochman. 2022. "Personality Characteristics as Predictors of the Leader’s Ethical Leadership in Regular Times and in Times of Crisis" Sustainability 14, no. 16: 9800. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169800