BIG FIVE PERSONALITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS AS 
                             PREDICTORS OF LEADER PERFORMANCE 
                                              by 
                                       SARAH E. STRANG 
                                 (Under the Direction of Karl Kuhnert) 
                                          ABSTRACT 
                 There are many methods and theoretical frameworks used to predict leader performance, 
           yet little is known about how these methods compare with one another. This study investigates 
           and compares the predictive abilities of Big Five personality characteristics and Leadership 
           Developmental Levels (constructive/developmental theory) in a model of leader performance. 
           Leadership Developmental Level was found to predict leader performance and was also found to 
           account for a unique component of the variance in leader performance, even above and beyond 
           that which can be accounted for by personality. 
                  
           INDEX WORDS:     Big Five Personality, Five-Factor Model of Personality, Leadership 
                            Development, Leadership Ability, Constructive-Developmental Theory, 
                            CD Theory, Executive Leadership, Leader Performance, 360-Degree 
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         BIG FIVE PERSONALITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS AS 
                PREDICTORS OF LEADER PERFORMANCE  
                           
                         by 
                           
                      SARAH E. STRANG 
                  B.S., The University of Georgia, 2004 
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
       A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Georgia in Partial Fulfillment 
                   of the Requirements for the Degree 
                           
                           
                     MASTER OF SCIENCE 
                           
                           
                       ATHENS, GA 
                         2006 
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        © 2006 
                       Sarah E. Strang 
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         BIG FIVE PERSONALITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS AS 
                PREDICTORS OF LEADER PERFORMANCE  
                           
                         by 
                           
                      SARAH E. STRANG  
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                          Major Professor:  Karl Kuhnert 
                           
                          Committee: Kecia Thomas 
                                 Wendy Ruona 
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Electronic Version Approved: 
       
      Maureen Grasso 
      Dean of the Graduate School 
      The University of Georgia 
      August 2006