Volume 29, Issue 5, 2020
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.1115
Relationship between Personality, Justice and Ethics in Managers and Workers
Abstract
In the present study, we aimed to define the leadership traits by comparing the temperament and character traits, ethical manners and perception of organisational justice of employees and managers. The study, which was performed in the design of relational survey model, used socio-demographic data form, ethical manners scale, organisational justice scale, organisational culture scale, and Temperament and Character Inventory. The study sample consisted of 331 employees employed by sub-contractors, 249 employees working under permanent employment contract and 56 employees in manager positions. The managers had significantly high average scores in the sub-dimensions of justice and responsibility of Ethical Manners Scale and in all the sub-dimensions of the Organisational Justice Scale (p < 0.05 for each). While harm avoidance (p<0.001), novelty seeking (p=0.001), persistence (p=0.001) and responsibility (p<0.001) scores were significantly higher in managers, anticipatory worry (p=0.041), fear of uncertainty (p<0.001), sentimentality (p=0.008) and spiritual acceptance (p=0.002) subscale scores were significantly lower. It is one of the rare studies in which both temperament and character traits in leadership are examined in detail and the relationship between these traits and justice and ethical behaviors
Keywords
Leadership, Worker, Personality, Justice, Ethics, Temperament