Proceedings of 32nd International Business Research Conference
23 - 25 November, 2015, Rendezvous Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, ISBN: 978-1-922069-89-4
The Impact of the Personal Profile on the Choice of Leadership
Behaviour
Fiyad Alenazi*, Nuttawuth Muenjohn**and Adela McMurray***
The relationship between demographic characteristics and leadership behaviour hasn’t
received attention and focus in recent research. The current study tried to consider the effect
of the demographic characteristics on leadership behaviour in terms of transformational and
transactional leadership. The importance of this study stems from the association between
the demographic characteristics of the leaders and their leadership behaviour. The data was
collected from 438 leaders in the banking industry via a survey. It has been found that the
educational level has a greatest influence on leadership behaviour than any other
demographic characteristics. Also, the occupational category has a negative correlation with
leadership behaviour. Several interesting findings have been presented in the findings
section, along with suggestion for future research.
Keywords:
leadership
characteristics.
behaviour,
transformational
leadership,
demographic
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*Mr. Fiyad Alenazi, 1/ School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. 2/ King Khalid Military
Academy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Email: fiyad.alenazi@rmit.edu.au
**Dr. Nuttawuth Muenjohn, School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia,
Email: nuttawuth.muenjohn@rmit.edu.au
***Prof. Adela McMurray, School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia,
Email: adela.mcmurray@rmit.edu.au
Corresponding Author’s Email: fiyad.alenazi@rmit.edu.au