Describe what the following approaches suggest about leadership. (2 marks)

Trait approach

Behavioral approach

b) Describe the relationship between the following Big Five personality factors and leadership in general. Specifically, state whether there is a positive, negative, or no relationship between each of the following factors and leadership in general and explain why each is or is not related to it. (3 marks)

Openness to experience

Extraversion

Agreeableness

c) In their meta-analysis, Judge et al. (2002) found that certain personality traits are associated with leadership. However, they showed that conscientiousness is more important for leadership in a government/military context compared to a business context. Explain why conscientiousness might be more important for one context than the other. (2 marks)

d) How is the relationship between extraversion and leadership affected by employee proactivity? (2 marks) What does this tell us about the trait approach to leadership?

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