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The effect of leadership attributes and motivation to lead on preferred job characteristics (job attributes): case study of undergraduates in Malaysian universities


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Abdul Hamid, Jamaliah and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2014) The effect of leadership attributes and motivation to lead on preferred job characteristics (job attributes): case study of undergraduates in Malaysian universities. International Journal of Business and Management, 9 (12). pp. 230-238. ISSN 1833-3850; ESSN: 1833-8119

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between the leadership attributes and motivation to lead (MTL) of undergraduates in Malaysia with their inclination to choose specific types of job characteristics or job attributes. Many researches has proven that personality is positively related to preferred job characteristics, but no research to the researchers’ knowledge has been done on leadership attributes and motivation to lead with selected job characteristics. Data were collected from 711 undergraduates from Malaysian public universities. The results showed that leader attributes contributes a stronger predictive effect than the motivation or keenness to lead in determining the selection of specific job characteristics. This finding supports the research hypothesis that undergraduates who have been exposed to leadership training and development have gained greater emotional and cognitive maturity that enable them to be more open to a broader range of job characteristic types. No significant difference was observed between males and females, nor between Science and Humanity programs of study in the students’ selection of specific job characteristics. Findings, implications and directions for research are discussed.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Educational Studies
Institute for Social Science Studies
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v9n12p230
Publisher: Canadian Center of Science and Education
Keywords: Leadership attributes; Job characteristics; Motivation to lead; Work fit; Undergraduates
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 10 Feb 2016 04:06
Last Modified: 30 Mar 2016 07:25
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