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Leaders' Personalities and Their Performance Indicator: A Case Study in Hanson Quarry Products in Malaysia

Teh, Teik Chong (2010) Leaders' Personalities and Their Performance Indicator: A Case Study in Hanson Quarry Products in Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.

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Abstract

This study has two purposes: (1) to examine the relationships between the Big Five of personality and team performance in Hanson; and (2) to examine the relationship
between gender, race, department and position with the team performance in the company. The sample chosen from this study comprised of the support group employees of the various departments in Hanson Quarry Products, Malaysia, who completed a set of questionnaires by the researcher. The findings from the questionnaire showed there is highly significant of leaders personality with the team performance. Out of the Big Five personality, there is only one personality which is not significant with the team
performance, extraversion. Others personality such as agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to new experience are significant with the team performance in Hanson. Besides that, from the questionnaire, we found that only gender is significantly different with the team performance in the company. Others like race, department and
position is not significantly different with the team performance. This study brought forth several significances. It has been conducted for the first time in the mining industry company and the first in Malaysia. Thus, it is hoped that this study could enable future
research to build on these findings and instruments, especially in the mining industry in Malaysia.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Supervisor : A. Rahman, Badruddin
Item ID: 2525
Uncontrolled Keywords: Leaders' Personalities, Performance Indicator, Mining Industry
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce. > HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment
Divisions: College of Business (COB)
Date Deposited: 22 Nov 2011 07:54
Last Modified: 24 Jul 2013 12:16
Department: College of Business
Name: A. Rahman, Badruddin
URI: https://etd.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2525

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