The role of motivation to lead for leadership training effectiveness

Stiehl, Sibylle; Felfe, Jörg; Elprana, Gwen; Gatzka, Magdalena

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“…Our findings are in line with previous ones showing that the extent and quality of prior leadership experience enhance a‐MtL (Chan & Drasgow, ; Stiehl et al, ). We argue that those individuals who have gained more experience in leading have a certain advantage.…”

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“…First, only the affective component of MtL was used in this study. Although a‐MtL shows a stronger link with outcomes such as team effectiveness, leadership emergence, and training effectiveness (Hendricks & Payne, ; Oh, ; Stiehl et al, ) and thus seems more important than the calculative and normative component, future studies should investigate the link between all three MtL components and vocational interests, leadership experiences and success, so that a more fine‐grained picture can emerge. Second, due to constraints regarding testing time, only single‐item scales could be used for the mediator variables.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Leaders show higher MtL, which helps them to stay motivated to conquer difficult situations (Amit et al, ). Additionally, those with a stronger wish to take on leadership roles invest more personal resources when leading others, which in turn enhances their performance (Stiehl, Felfe, Elprana, & Gatzka, ; Van Iddekinge et al, ). In brief, MtL is a fundamental explanation for why people become leaders and successfully perform as such.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Taking an Interest in Taking the Lead: The Influence of Vocational Interests, Leadership Experience and Success on the Motivation to Lead

Bergner

Kanape²,

Rybnicek

2018

Applied Psychology

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Motivation plays a crucial role in leadership, particularly when facing difficult situations and decisions. This long-term study investigates whether vocational interests predict an individuals motivation to lead (MtL). Moreover, it examines whether the link between vocational interests and MtL is mediated by the extent and success of prior leadership experiences. To this end, 471 participants (291 male, 180 female, M age 5 22.65, SD age 5 7.95) provided information on their vocational interests. Two years later, participants rated their MtL and provided information on both the extent of their prior leadership experiences and the respective success gained from these. Results show that enterprising and conventional interests positively affect MtL two years later. Additionally, enterprising and social interests also indirectly influence a persons motivation to lead through the extent and success of prior leadership experiences: people with higher enterprising and social interests report more prior experience in leading. This experience is linked to more self-perceived leadership success, which consequently enhances these persons motivation to take on leading roles. These findings enrich theory on the antecedents and malleability of MtL. From a practitioners view, the findings equip recruiters with information on how to search for motivated leaders and how to maintain their motivation.

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Taking an Interest in Taking the Lead: The Influence of Vocational Interests, Leadership Experience and Success on the Motivation to Lead

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Kanape²,

Rybnicek

2018

Applied Psychology

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“…The key to this approach is that leadership skills and styles can be learnt, therefore MTL might change in the course of time. Some recent studies have found empirical support for that assumption (for instance Waldman, Galvin and Walumbwa, 2012;Stiehl, Felfe, Elprana and Gatzka, 2015). Amit et al, (2007) proposed two additional dimensions to the three-component MTL construct: patriotic and ideological.…”

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The Adaptation of the Motivation to Lead Instrument to the Estonian Military Context

Kasemaa

2016

JMBA.CE

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Purpose: This study is a contribution to the validation of the Motivation to Lead (MTL) scale proposed by Chan and Drasgow (2001) in order to measure three types of motivation to be a leader: affective, social-normative and calculative. This research examines the psychometrical properties of the MTL scale in the Estonian context. Methodology:The sample of 517 military and non-military individuals from the Estonian Defence Forces, Estonian Police and students from Tallinn University participated in the study. The original MTL scale was expanded by with the addition of ideological and patriotic dimensions proposed by Amit and colleagues (2007). The factorial structure of the MTL Scale was analysed by using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (respectively N = 170 and N = 347). Findings:The results confirmed that both three-and five-component MTL scales are applicable in the Estonian context; the pool of 35 items was reduced into 25 items with good internal reliability. Moreover, the results showed correlations between leadership self-efficacy and MTL components, and differences between leaders' and non-leaders' MTL. The results indicate that the MTL scale can be a reliable and useful instrument to measure leadership motivation in the Estonian military context. Originality:This study is the first to adapt the MTL scale to the Estonian context. In addition, it examines the validity of ideological and patriotic MTL as part of the general MTL construct outside of the Israeli samples.

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“…Recent research findings by Elprana, Felfe, Stiehl, and Magdalena [12] support the notion that MTL is a particularly good predictor of leadership emergence. Stiehl, Felfe, Elprana and Gatzka [13] suggests that individuals high on MTL benefit more from training by acquiring more leadership competencies, which in turn results in more effective leadership behaviour and ultimately higher training effectiveness.…”

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2018

IJBM

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Leadership skills are acquired through experiential learning. Hence, military cadets are expected to take on leadership roles in academic classrooms, co-curricular activities, military training and within their dormitories to hone their leadership capacities. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that many of the cadets shy away from leadership roles and portray a deficiency in motivation to lead (MTL). Thus, this research endeavoured to determine if personality factors and past and present leadership experiences significantly impacted individual cadet's MTL. Responses were collected from junior cadets at a military training institution through a survey questionnaire and data was analysed using a quantitative method. The findings showed that there was a significant relationship between personality, past and present leadership experiences and MTL. The level of MTL was also determined to be average. However, the type of MTL varied significantly between male and female cadets with a majority of the male cadets possessing the noncalculative MTL while the female cadets indicate a social-normative MTL. The findings of this study have significant practical contributions for the selection of candidates into the Military Training Academy and other institutions where leadership development is a critical output of the organisation.

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The role of motivation to lead for leadership training effectiveness

Cited by 25 publications

References 32 publications

Taking an Interest in Taking the Lead: The Influence of Vocational Interests, Leadership Experience and Success on the Motivation to Lead

Taking an Interest in Taking the Lead: The Influence of Vocational Interests, Leadership Experience and Success on the Motivation to Lead

The Adaptation of the Motivation to Lead Instrument to the Estonian Military Context

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