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Learning to self‐lead: Examining self‐leadership strategies, personality traits and learning attainment
Author(s) -
Woods Stephen A.,
Napiersky Uwe,
Rivkin Wladislaw
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
applied psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1464-0597
pISSN - 0269-994X
DOI - 10.1111/apps.12422
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , social psychology , self management , context (archaeology) , big five personality traits , intervention (counseling) , self control , developmental psychology , applied psychology , psychiatry , computer science , biology , paleontology , machine learning
This study examined self‐leadership, an integrative concept in organisational behaviour and psychology, that represents a person's ability to manage themselves and improve their own performance through a combination of behavioural, cognitive and motivational strategies, in the context of learning and development outcomes. Change in three aspects of self‐leadership (termed the Doing‐self, Thinking‐self and Energising‐self ) following a short development intervention was examined in a sample of management school students in a pre‐intervention and postintervention design. The study also expanded upon the role of personality traits in moderating self‐leadership change. The data additionally provide evidence of the association of self‐leadership with learning attainment. The findings of this study underline the potential benefits of self‐leadership learning and development. Implications for theory and practice in organisations are discussed.