Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

A two-nation investigation of Leadership Self-perceptions and Motivation to Lead in early adulthood: The moderating role of Gender and Socio-economic Status

Hoyland, Thomas; Psychogios, Alexandros; Epitropaki, Olga; Damiani, Jonathan; Mukhuty, Sumona; Priestnall, Chris

A two-nation investigation of Leadership Self-perceptions and Motivation to Lead in early adulthood: The moderating role of Gender and Socio-economic Status Thumbnail


Authors

Thomas Hoyland

Alexandros Psychogios

Jonathan Damiani

Sumona Mukhuty

Chris Priestnall



Abstract

Purpose: Drawing on social-cognitive and motivational literature of leadership, the present study examines the influence of young adults’ self-perceptions of leadership on their leadership self-efficacy and motivation to lead in their future career. We further examine gender and socio-economic status (SES) as important moderators of the proposed relationships. Design/methodology/approach: The present investigation consists of a two-study research design, based on data collected from young adult samples across two culturally different countries, namely UK (N=267) and Japan (N=127). Findings: The study presents evidence of self-perceptions of leadership influencing leadership self-efficacy and motivation to lead. The results further support the mediating role of leader self-efficacy. Regarding the moderating role of gender, results in both samples showed that the effects of leader-self efficacy on motivation to lead were stronger for males. Socio-economic status was found to moderate the effects of leadership self-perceptions of negative ILTs on leadership self-efficacy in the UK sample and the effects of leadership self-perceptions of positive ILTs on leadership self-efficacy in the Japanese sample. Originality: This study fills the gap of empirical research focused on early adulthood influences on leadership development. In particular, this study has a three-fold contribution, by, firstly, developing a conceptual model that examines the role of young adults’ self-perceptions of leadership on their self-efficacy as leaders and motivation-to-lead; secondly examining contingencies of the proposed relationships; and thirdly testing the conceptual model in two countries.

Citation

Hoyland, T., Psychogios, A., Epitropaki, O., Damiani, J., Mukhuty, S., & Priestnall, C. (2021). A two-nation investigation of Leadership Self-perceptions and Motivation to Lead in early adulthood: The moderating role of Gender and Socio-economic Status. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 42(2), 289-315. https://doi.org/10.1108/lodj-03-2020-0112

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 21, 2020
Online Publication Date Jan 20, 2021
Publication Date Mar 19, 2021
Deposit Date Jan 13, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Leadership and Organization Development Journal
Print ISSN 0143-7739
Publisher Emerald
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 42
Issue 2
Pages 289-315
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/lodj-03-2020-0112
Keywords Young Adults, Implicit Leadership Theories, Leadership Self-efficacy, Motivation to Lead, Gender, Socio-Economic Status.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1247587

Files

Accepted Journal Article (1.3 Mb)
PDF

Publisher Licence URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Copyright Statement
This article is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial International Licence 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) and any reuse must be in accordance with the terms outlined by the licence.




You might also like



Downloadable Citations