Competencies and leadership effectiveness: Which skills predict effective leadership?

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Authors

VACULÍK Martin PROCHÁZKA Jakub SMUTNÝ Petr

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance
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Faculty of Social Studies

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Field Management and administrative
Keywords leadership; competencies; group performance; perceived leader effectiveness; leadership emergence; leadership self–efficacy
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Description This study explores the relationship between leadership effectiveness and generic and stable competencies. Task- related, people-related and self-related competencies were examined as predictors of leadership effectiveness as measured by four different criteria: group performance, leader effectiveness, leadership emergence and leadership self–efficacy. 134 top managers were evaluated by 2,482 subordinates after a four-month management simulation game. Task-related competencies were shown to be the best predictor of leadership effectiveness; they were a very strong predictor of leadership emergence, a strong predictor of leadership self–efficacy and perceived leadership effectiveness, medium strong predictor of group performance. People-related and self-related competencies weakly predicted leadership emergence. The results can be applied when selecting leaders for working groups that have short-term durations and do not require frequent personal contact.
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