본 연구에서는 리더의 성격 특성-리더십 스타일-팀 애피커시의 관계를 살펴보았다. 본 연구의 주요내용은 리더의 빅 파이브 성격 특성이 변혁적 리더십에 영향을 미치는가, 변혁적 리더십이 팀 애피커시에 영향을 미치는가, 그리고 리더의 빅 파이브 성격 특성과 팀 애피커시 간의 관계에서 변혁적 리더십의 매개 효과가 존재하는 가이다. 가설 검증을 위해 14개 기업, 85개 팀을 대상으로 자료를 취합하였으며, 최소자승법(OLS: Ordinary Least Squar

The present research intends to examine the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and leadership initiations among the marketing executives in Delhi NCR (INDIA), and seeks to uncover the predictors of leadership initiations within personality traits. The data are collected through online survey method using different social media platforms. A sample of 233 (male =136 and female =97) marketing executive’s responses were included. The data collected with the help of self-reported Big Five model inventory and leadership initiation test. The collected data were analyzed statistically by using descriptive statistics, correlation. and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that the age of respondents inversely correlated with leadership initiation. Neuroticism revealed significant inverse correlation with leadership initiation, whereas significant positive correlations were found between extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and leadership initiations, while openness to experience revealed insignificant positive correlation with leadership initiation. Extraversion and conscientiousness appeared as the most dominant personality traits among marketing executives, irrespective of gender, that positively influenced leadership initiation and appeared as the predictor of leadership initiation. In male executives extraversion and age emerged as the predictors of leadership behavior, while in female executives extraversion and openness to experience personality traits appeared as the predictors of leadership initiation.