Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Psychology

Department

Psychology

First Advisor

Agars, Mark

Second Advisor

Cramer, Robert

Third Advisor

Gilbert, Janelle

Abstract

Three underlying behavioral traits of self-preservation, which may be related to leadership are self-monitoring, self-promotion, and agentic traits. These are important to leadership because managers desire to select employees that have the image and the presentation that high self-monitors and self-promoters emulate. This study revealed that self-promotion is associated with leader behaviors that are likely to assist female employees obtain leadership positions in the workplace.

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