The theory of self-leadership is gaining credibility and support in the era of
globalisation and knowledge workers. As with many leadership theories, culture
has been proposed to have a major impact on leadership processes. The
purpose of this study was to determine the extent that self-leadership is
correlated with national culture dimensions. Self-leadership was measured
through the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire developed by Houghton and
Neck (2002). The cultural values were measured through the use of Hofstede’s
Value Survey Module 94 (VSM94). Hypotheses were formed regarding
relationships between national culture background and Self-leadership practice.
Pearson r, Chi-square test with cross tabulation and multiple regression were
used to determine the associations. The results from the statistical tests showed
associations between national culture values and self-leadership dimensions.
PDI and UAI showed a positive relationship with visualising successful
performance but a negative relationship with self-talk both aspects of constructive
thought pattern strategies. MAS had a positive relationship with self-talk while
negatively correlated to visualising successful performance. IDV had positive
relationships with behaviour-focussed strategies, natural reward strategies and
constructive thought pattern strategies. Long-term orientation had a strong
negative relationship with behaviour-focussed and natural reward strategies and
a very weak negative association with behaviour focussed strategies. / Graduate School of Business Leadership / M.B.L.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/140 |
| Date | 30 October 2007 |
| Creators | Kawondera, P.S. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Research Report |
| Format | 1 online resource (various pagings) |
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