The Relationship between Developmental Leadership, the Results of Leadership and Personality Factors

AbstractProblem Statement: Having good relations between a leader and his or her colleagues are important in order to achieve results in any organization. Purpose of Study: To investigate the leadership style developmental leadership (DL) and any relationship with the factor results of leadership in DL. A second purpose was to investigate the relation between the factor results of leadership and the five personality factors in the personality test NEO PI-R.Methods16 respondents working in a municipality in Norway filled out the personality test NEO PI-R. In addition the developmental leadership questionnaire (DLQ) was used in order to collect data on the respondents’ leadership. The respondents were also requested to send the DLQ to 6-10 supervisors/colleagues and subordinates in order to get objective feedback on their leadership behavior. The respondents were divided into a high and a low results group dependent upon their scores on the factor result of leadership in DL. Findings andResultsNo significant differences were found in the high results group between the respondents’ own score and their colleagues’ score on the different aspects of DL. Significant differences were, however, found in the low results group between the respondents’ and the colleagues’ score on the different aspects of DL. No significant differences existed between the two groups regarding the score on the five personality factors. Conclusions and Recommendations: A relationship seemed to exist between the leadership style DL and the factor results of leadership but not with any of the five personality factors