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The values, personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25260 The values, personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done Cook, Jonathan ichelp@gibs.co.za Mothilal, Rashem UCTD Traits Results Effectiveness Characteristics Leadership Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The trait approach to leadership is arguably the most venerable intellectual tradition in leadership research, with decades of great prominence followed by years of scepticism and disinterest. Despite its checkered history, recent approaches to leadership have taken a trait perspective, which is supported by evidence showing consistent associations of specific traits with leader emergence and leadership effectiveness. The purpose of this exploratory research project was to employ qualitative methodology to identify the values, personal traits and characteristics of South African business leaders who get things done. The data for this research has been obtained via in-depth exploratory interviews, with selected business leaders who have had a track record of achieving sustained financial results. The research showed that there is a core list of traits that are associated with successful South African business leaders. Key leader traits that were identified include: drive, conscientiousness, self-confidence, openness, charisma and emotional intelligence. There was less clear evidence for traits such as extroversion and cognitive ability. In addition, the environment emerged as an important modifier of a leader‟s ability to get results. While the research showed that the possession of certain key traits alone does not guarantee leadership success, there was sufficient evidence to show that effective leaders are different from others in certain key respects. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T20:06:19Z 2011-06-09 2013-09-06T20:06:19Z 2010-11-10 2010-11-10 2011-06-04 Dissertation Mothilal, R 2010, The values, personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25260 > F11/464/hj http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25260 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06042011-105903/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretori application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Traits Results Effectiveness Characteristics Leadership The values, personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done |
| title | The values, personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done |
| title_full | The values, personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done |
| title_fullStr | The values, personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done |
| title_full_unstemmed | The values, personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done |
| title_short | The values, personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done |
| title_sort | values personal traits and characteristics of leaders who get things done |
| topic | UCTD Traits Results Effectiveness Characteristics Leadership |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25260 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06042011-105903/ |