Openness to experience as a moderator in the relationship between leadership style and employees performance

The present paper aims to explore the relationship between the leadership style and Job Performance of employees and the moderating role that employees characteristics playing in this relationship within the Libyan oil organizations. The concept of leadership implies an interactive process between l...

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Main Authors: Imhmed, Omar Imhmed Omar, Sharif, Mohmad Yazam
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22412/1/ICBM%202014%20%2010%2015.pdf
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Summary:The present paper aims to explore the relationship between the leadership style and Job Performance of employees and the moderating role that employees characteristics playing in this relationship within the Libyan oil organizations. The concept of leadership implies an interactive process between leaders and their employees. Historically, scholarly efforts in the field of leadership have focused primarily on the leader. Recently, rising calls pointed out to explain the role that employees characteristics playing in the leadership Process.However, researchers have only begun to explore followers’ perspectives in regards to this relationship.Therefore, this paper examined the role of follower characteristics as a moderator on the relationship between leadership style and employee's innovation behaviors. Utilizing a sample of approximately 194 workers in Libyan oil's organizations, this study expects that openness to experience will positively moderate the relationship between leadership style and the innovation behaviors of employees.