Advances in Personality-Based Leadership Research

In the present symposium we bring together advances in our understanding of the link between personality and leadership. The symposium includes four sets of studies, each highlighting a novel aspect of dispositional leadership research: (1) Dimitri van der Linden will discuss connection between the General Factor of Personality (GFP) and leadership; (2) Noam Keshet, Shaul Oreg, Yair Berson, Reinout de Vries, and Marcella Hoogeboom will present set of studies, based on the lexical approach for uncovering basic dimensions of leader personality; (3) Emma van Gerven, Annebel de Hoogh, Deanne den Hartog, and Frank Belschak will talk about leaders' narcissism and gender and their link to followers' task performance; and (4) Noga Sverdlik, Shaul Oreg, and Yair Berson will talk about the joint effect of leaders' power and benevolence values on follower-focused leader behavior and follower outcomes. Our discussant, Christian Resick, will help us integrate insights from these studies and facilitate our discussion of them. Leadership and Personality: The Case of the General Factor of Personality (GFP) Presenter: Dimitri Van Der Linden; Erasmus U. Basic Dimensions of Leader Personality: A Lexical Study Presenter: Noam Semy Keshet; Hebrew U. of Jerusalem Presenter: Shaul Oreg; Hebrew U. of Jerusalem Presenter: Yair Berson; McMaster U. Presenter: Reinout De Vries; U. of Amsterdam Presenter: Marcella Amg Hoogeboom; U. of Twente Leader Narcissism and Inconsistent Leader Behavior Presenter: Emma Van Gerven; Amsterdam Business School, U. of Amsterdam Presenter: Annebel H.B. De Hoogh; U. of Amsterdam Presenter: Deanne N. Den Hartog; U. of Amsterdam Presenter: Frank D. Belschak; U. of Amsterdam The Joint Effects of Contrasting Leader Values on Follower-Focused Leadership and its Outcomes Presenter: Noga Sverdlik; Ben Gurion U. of the Negev Presenter: Shaul Oreg; Hebrew U. of Jerusalem Presenter: Yair Berson; McMaster U.