Keywords

collective performance, transformational leadership, personality interactions, leadership styles

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.

Original Publication Citation

Hofmann, D.A. & Jones, L.M. (2005). Leadership, collective personality, and performance, Journal of Applied Psychology, (90), 509-522.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2005

Publisher

Journal of Applied Psychology

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Marketing

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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