Date of Award
2023
Document Type
Dissertation - Rollins Access Only
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Advisor(s)
Dr. Greg Marshall
Second Advisor
Dr. John Houston
Third Advisor
Dr. Kimberly Jentsch
Keywords
communication, trust, turnover intention, leadership coaching, leadership self-awareness
Abstract
Universities such as Harvard Business School and many global organizations are beginning to understand the importance of soft skills, such as self-awareness, and the influences they have on leadership success. A leader’s leadership experience and whether they are a recipient of leadership coaching or not can influence their self-awareness levels as a leader. A leader’s self-awareness levels have influence on how effective they are with their verbal workplace communication, trust, and turnover intention among teammates. Though leadership and self-awareness are two well-known topics, the topic of leadership self-awareness is one that has not been thoroughly researched.
Better understanding if self-awareness differs between leaders based on their leadership experience and whether they are a recipient of leadership coaching or not as well as the affects a leader with or without self-awareness will have on their verbal workplace communication skills, trust, and turnover intention among their team will be addressed within this research. If decisionmakers within an organization can identify the effects leaders with self-awareness have and it can be measured, decision-makers would be better postured to implement quality leadership development trainings targeting the positive influence of a leader’s self-awareness before making a promotion. Self-awareness among leaders has been proven to lead to higher individual and organizational performance. Therefore, this research provides theoretical implications to gaps within the domain of leadership and self-awareness as well as self-leadership theory. Practical implications found in this research will assist leaders in having self-awareness which will lead to
higher personal and organizational performance.
Recommended Citation
Werksman, Jacob B., "Leadership Self-Awareness: Important For You and Your Team" (2023). Dissertations from the Executive Doctorate in Business Administration Program. 47.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/dba_dissertations/47