Character for Leadership: The Role of Personal Characteristics

List of Figures 
Figure 1: Literature review map. .............................................................................. 14 
Figure 2: The role of character in leadership. .......................................................... 18 
Figure 3: Model of behavior (Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975). ......................................... 25 
Figure 4: A behavioral model of character, values, ethics, and morality. ................ 26 
Figure 5: The proposed relationship between variables. .......................................... 42 

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List of Tables 
Table 1: Demographic Profile of Survey Participants ............................................. 49 
Table 2: Coefficient Alphas for Survey Scales, 
N
 = 101 ......................................... 51 
Table 3: Descriptive Statistics, 
N
 = 101 ................................................................... 51 
Table 4: TCI (Cloninger, Przybeck, et al., 1994) Character Subscales and 
Descriptive Statistics, 
N
 = 101 ......................................................................... 52 
Table 5: Sashkin et al.’s (1997) TLP Scales and Descriptive Statistics, 
N
 = 101 .... 53 
Table 6: Levene’s Test for Equality of Variances ................................................... 54 
Table 7: Chi-Squared Results for Hypotheses,
 
α
 = .05 ............................................ 55 
Table 8: Regression Model – Character Traits ........................................................ 57 
Table 9: Regression Coefficients – Character Traits, Dependent Variable Visionary 
Leadership ........................................................................................................ 58 
Table 10: Regression Model – Character Traits and Previous Leadership 
Experience ........................................................................................................ 59 
Table 11: Regression Coefficients – Character Traits and Previous Leadership 
Experience, Dependent Variable Visionary Leadership .................................. 60 

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