The Modern Leadership Characteristics and their Effects on the Performance of Leaders: A practical study on the System of Project Implementation in Housing in Libya

Abstract

This study aims to identify the modern leadership characteristics and

their effects on the performance of leaders, through specifying the effect

of the following personal characteristics: “gender”, job title, experience,

qualification, on the modern characteristics of management leadership which

is active in decision–making, active communication, objectives management,

time management and change management.

The two researchers used the descriptive and analytical methodologies,

and in order to achieve the study objectives, the researchers have designed

a research questionnaire which has been distributed to the study samples.

The total number of filled questionnaires was 329 including (managers, head

departments, and employees) . The SPSS was applied to analyze the data of

the research.

The study has concluded some of important results, including that

the max. Percentage of respondents practiced the high level of leadership

characteristics, where a small percentage of respondents not exceeding 12.

5% of study sample were using leadership characteristics at a low level.

The change management characteristic is the lowest level of leadership

characteristics compared to others, where the objectives management

and active communication were the highest level of characteristic among

management leaders.

The study suggested some important recommendations such as;

improving the modern leadership characteristics with low availability among

respondents’ paying attention to improving their skills through intensive

training until they have clear vision about the modern characteristics of

leadership management, and its motives, impacts, and outcomes: this will

help them later to use these skills in executing operational programs and

applying them in organizations easily and swiftly.