Pezhgorska, Radost (2022) Is There an Association Between Self-Regulatory Function and Preference for Directive or Advisory Leaders? Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Individuals strive to feel effective in accomplishing their goals. Indeed, previous research has demonstrated that the experience of regulatory fit has important practical consequences in organizational settings. The present between-subjects experimental study (N=99) investigates whether the interaction between a self-regulatory orientation and leadership style produces regulatory fit in a non-work setting. Our study consisted of completing anagram task and two questionnaires. Based on the regulatory fit theory, we suggest that regulatory fit is positively correlated with the experience of happiness and effectiveness. Our participants were university students, randomly assigned to either directive or advisory leader condition. While obtaining the results of our study, we controlled the variables of gender and condition. The findings showed that happiness was not influenced by leader condition but locomotors experienced higher regulatory fit compared to assessors. Besides, there were not any significance differences in task’s performance between locomotors and assessors. Overall, the research reveals that there is not a significant relationship between self-regulatory mode and leadership style preference. The main implication is that regulatory fit was most likely to be experienced when participants were locomotors or spent the most time on the task. Further theoretical and practical consequences are reviewed. Keywords: self-regulatory mode, regulatory fit, assessors versus locomotors, directive leader versus advisory leader
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Gutzkow, B. and Koc, Y. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2022 08:33 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2022 08:33 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/140 |
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