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Investigate if six of the Character Strengths from
Peterson and Seligman’s classification (2004)
predicted any of the three leadership styles of
Transformational, Transactional or Laissez-Faire
(Bass & Avolio, 2004).
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Hope, Spirituality,
Humility,
Gratitude, Humor
Prudence
Transformational Leadership
Transactional Leadership
Laissez-Faire Leadership
Quantitative
Non-Experimental
Cross-sectional
3 Multiple Regression analyses
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Sampling frame- 8000 Norwegian leaders
Union The Leaders
N=173
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Category n %
Gender
Female 49 23.8
Male 124 71.7
Age
25-34 11 6.4
35-44 43 24.9
45-54 76 43.9
55+ 42 24.3
Org.size
0-20 35 20.2
50-100 20 11.6
100-200 19 11.0
200-499 24 13.9
500-9999 46 26.6
10 000+ 6 3.5
Tenure
4 years or less 71 41.1
5-10 years 49 28.4
10-20 years 23 13.3
20-30 years 7 4.0
30 + years 3 1.7
Educational level
9 years 5 2.9
12 years 39 22.5
Vocational education 51 29.5
Some college/University 23 13.3
Bachelor degree 36 20.8
Master degree 18 10.4
The Values In Action classificiation of Strength
(VIA-IS) 72-item scale (Peterson & Seligman,
2004)
The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire
(MLQ-5X-Short) by Bass & Avolio
(Mindgarden, 2004)
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Independent variables; Hope, Spirituality,
Humility, Gratitude, Humor and Prudence
Dependent variables;
› H1: Tranformational Leadership
› H2:Transactional Leadership
› H3: Laissez-faire Leadership
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H1: The six Character Strengths of Hope,
Spirituality, Humility, Gratitude, Humor and
Prudence predict Transformational leadership
style.
F= (6,149)= 2.98, p< .01
Hope was found to be a significant individual
contributor (β = .25, p< .05)9
H2; The six Character Strengths of Hope,
Spirituality, Humility, Gratitude, Humor and
Prudence predict Transactional Leadership style.
F= (6,141) = 3.31, p< .005.
Spirituality made a unique significant negative
contribution (β = .21, p < .02)
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H3; The six Character Strengths of Hope,
Spirituality, Humility, Gratitude, Humor and
Prudence predict Laissez-Faire leadership style.
H3 not confirmed
None of the 6 Character Strengths made any
significant contributions
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Peterson, Walumbwa, Byron & Myrowitz (2009)
found that the positive psychological traits of
Hope, Optimism and Resiliency was related to
Transformational Leadership in CEO’s in High-
Technology Firms
Chaturvedi, Arvey, Zhang & Cristoforou (2011)
found that the genetic influence on
Transformational leadership was mediated by
dispositional hope.
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Jamaludin, Rahman, Makhbul & Idris (2011)
found that Spiritual leadership can be
distinguished from Transactional and
Transformational leadership.
McKee, Driscoll, Kelloway & Kelley (2011)
found a relationship between the effects of
Transformational Leadership and employees
spiritual well-being in health care workers
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In a study done by Riggio, Zhu, Maroosis &
Reina (2010) Laissez-Faire leadership was found
to negatively correlate to Prudence (-.64).
Avolio, Howell & Sosik (1999) found that
inactive, laissez-faire leadership was negatively
related to the use of humor.
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The higher Hope, the higher Transformational
leadership
The more spiritual a leader is, the less
Transactional leader he is.
Both TL and CS/Virtues can be developed
can be used in leadership development programs
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Character Strengths and Virtues can be seen as
universally and religiously applicable across
many of the countries and world religions
(Seligman et al, 2004; 2006)
Heightens CS/V’s value and importance for
universally accepted leadership
Can contribute to an international
conceptualization of global leadership theory
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Using self-reporting;
› Consistency motif
› Implicit theories
› Social acceptability
Length of questionnaire
English versions
Low response rate hinders generalization
Sample limitation; 71.7% males, 28.3 % women
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Replicate among other Norwegian leaders
Replicate among leaders in other nations and
continents
Study other precursors to Transformational
leadership that can be developed
Longitudinal experimental design research
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This research contributed to the overall
knowledge base of
› leadership and to the evolving research about
› Character Strengths/Virtues and positive psychology
This research filled a gap in the literature
studying antencedents to TL that are not stable
inherent traits
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