Meaning, personal purpose and the Big Five personality traits in exploring leader effectiveness in South Africa’s FMCG sector during the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Aim/purpose – Effective leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) era requires the right mix of personality traits, a deep sense of meaning, and personal purpose. The Big Five personality traits theory was chosen for its cross-cultural applicability and effectiveness in describing various...
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| description | Aim/purpose – Effective leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) era requires the right mix of personality traits, a deep sense of meaning, and personal purpose. The Big Five personality traits theory was chosen for its cross-cultural applicability and effectiveness in describing various personality traits precisely. The study had a two-fold objective: first, to explore the impact of meaning and personal purpose on the effectiveness of leaders in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector in South Africa (SA) during 4IR era, and second, to understand how meaning and personal purpose are embedded within the Big Five personality traits. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dac055c30daf476d971abbe7faa5ccd22025-08-20T04:02:32ZengSciendoJournal of Economics and Management2719-99752025-01-0147113816310.22367/jem.2025.47.06Meaning, personal purpose and the Big Five personality traits in exploring leader effectiveness in South Africa’s FMCG sector during the Fourth Industrial RevolutionMoloko Lebohang Duduzile0Toendepi Joyce11College of Business and Economics, Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa2College of Business and Economics Department of Industrial Psychology and People ManagementUniversity of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South AfricaAim/purpose – Effective leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) era requires the right mix of personality traits, a deep sense of meaning, and personal purpose. The Big Five personality traits theory was chosen for its cross-cultural applicability and effectiveness in describing various personality traits precisely. The study had a two-fold objective: first, to explore the impact of meaning and personal purpose on the effectiveness of leaders in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector in South Africa (SA) during 4IR era, and second, to understand how meaning and personal purpose are embedded within the Big Five personality traits.https://doi.org/10.22367/jem.2025.47.06leadershipmeaningpersonal purposefourth industrial revolutionfive-factor personality theorypersonality traitso15m10m21 |
| spellingShingle | Moloko Lebohang Duduzile Toendepi Joyce Meaning, personal purpose and the Big Five personality traits in exploring leader effectiveness in South Africa’s FMCG sector during the Fourth Industrial Revolution Journal of Economics and Management leadership meaning personal purpose fourth industrial revolution five-factor personality theory personality traits o15 m10 m21 |
| title | Meaning, personal purpose and the Big Five personality traits in exploring leader effectiveness in South Africa’s FMCG sector during the Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| title_full | Meaning, personal purpose and the Big Five personality traits in exploring leader effectiveness in South Africa’s FMCG sector during the Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| title_fullStr | Meaning, personal purpose and the Big Five personality traits in exploring leader effectiveness in South Africa’s FMCG sector during the Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meaning, personal purpose and the Big Five personality traits in exploring leader effectiveness in South Africa’s FMCG sector during the Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| title_short | Meaning, personal purpose and the Big Five personality traits in exploring leader effectiveness in South Africa’s FMCG sector during the Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| title_sort | meaning personal purpose and the big five personality traits in exploring leader effectiveness in south africa s fmcg sector during the fourth industrial revolution |
| topic | leadership meaning personal purpose fourth industrial revolution five-factor personality theory personality traits o15 m10 m21 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.22367/jem.2025.47.06 |
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