Ebook: Personal Attributes Profiles based on Clustered Leadership Behaviors in Peruvian Managers

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the personal attributes profiles of
Peruvian part-time MBA students clustered into high- and low-level leadership behaviors.
Various instruments were used to test leadership styles, five personality domains, critical
thinking, and emotional intelligence. Differences in the profiles based on demographic variables,
leadership outcomes, and personal attributes were evaluated, and a hierarchical logistic
regression analysis tested whether participants’ leadership levels were related to the seven
attributes proposed. Statistically significant differences between clusters with large effect sizes
were found for three personality domains (emotional stability, extraversion, and
conscientiousness) and for three leadership outcomes. Small to moderate effect sizes were found
for critical thinking, age, and working experience. The study findings could be used for the
design of MBA programs.
Key words: Leadership, personality domains, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, cluster
analysis, logistic regression