title: Leadership, collective personality, and performance.
abstract: By viewing behavior regularities at the individual and collective level as functionally isomorphic, a referent-shift compositional model for the Big 5 personality dimensions is developed. On the basis of this compositional model, a common measure of Big 5 personality at the individual level is applied to the collective as a whole. Within this framework, it is also hypothesized that leadership (i.e., transformational, transactional, and passive) would predict collective personality and that collective personality would be significantly related to collective performance. The results supported these hypotheses using a sample of franchised units. On the basis of recent research at the individual level, several interactions among the various personality dimensions were hypothesized and supported. Implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490, USA. dhofmann@unc.edu
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D005522:Food Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010556:Personality Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires