Journal article
TEST OF A MULTISTAGE MODEL OF DISTAL AND PROXIMAL ANTECEDENTS OF LEADER PERFORMANCE
Personnel psychology, Vol.62(3), pp.463-495
09/01/2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2009.01145.x
Abstract
The authors developed and tested a multistage model of distal and proximal predictors of leader performance in an effort to shed greater light on the intermediate linkages between broad leader traits and performance. Predictor and criterion data were obtained from 471 noncommissioned officers in the U.S. Army. A model with cognitive ability and 3 of the Big 5 personality factors as distal antecedents, leadership experiences and motivation to lead as semidistal antecedents, and the knowledge, skills, and ability (KSAs) to lead as proximal antecedents of leader performance provided a good fit to the data. More specifically, the effects of the distal and semidistal antecedents on leader performance were partially mediated by more proximal variables, whereas leader KSAs demonstrated a relatively strong, direct influence on performance. The 1 exception was that Conscientiousness-a hypothesized distal antecedent-had a notable direct effect on leader performance. The implications of these findings for leadership research and practice are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- TEST OF A MULTISTAGE MODEL OF DISTAL AND PROXIMAL ANTECEDENTS OF LEADER PERFORMANCE
- Creators
- Chad H. Van Iddekinge - Florida State UniversityGerald R. Ferris - Florida State UniversityTonia S. Heffner - U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Personnel psychology, Vol.62(3), pp.463-495
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2009.01145.x
- ISSN
- 0031-5826
- eISSN
- 1744-6570
- Number of pages
- 33
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380527002771
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