Leaders Case

Introduction

There have been myriad of articles written about leadership skills and leadership traits. Yet, there has never been a definitive answer as to why these concepts are important in leadership studies. This is particularly true when considering the two articles in this matrix. The first article was written by (Ali, Nisar & Raza 2011) Impact of Personality traits on leadership styles of secondary school teachers and the second article is, Leader's interpersonal skills and its effectiveness at different levels of management written by (Khan & Ahmad 2012). These experts expressed how to improve the effectiveness of an organization through strongly leadership skills or leadership traits, when dealing with subordinates. This is particularly true when considering the two articles in this matrix. However, the authors' point-of-views show some similarities relative to the relationship required between the employer and followers in order to attain the maximum potential of the organization, yet are some dissimilarities between the two concepts.

Accordingly, the first article written by (Ali, Nisar & Raza 2011) reflected on the input of compare personality traits with leadership styles and emphasize individuals traits which are linked with successful leadership styles i.e. consequently to help teachers become more conscientious and to take on traits which will alter an impressive behavior transformation. The second piece of writing by (Khan & Ahmad 2012). Collaborate with the goal and intention to existing research examining how leader's Ability to Motivate, Communicate, and Build Team is important at different levels of management and which skills of these three variables (the leader's Ability to Motivate, Communicate, and Build Teams) are more required at lower levels, than middle, and top levels of management. The researchers will correspond and analysis both leadership traits and leadership skills.

A Comparison of the Research Questions

The two research questions posed by these studies offer their position. In the first articles, (Ali, Nisar, & Raza 2011) raise the issue of whether the personality big-five styles (dimensions, extraversion, neuroticism, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness,) either individually or collectively impact leadership traits? In the second study, (Khan & Ahmad 2012) questioned whether or not a leader needs to acquire more skills in order to improve his or her effectiveness within an organization? They also tested what skills are required to advance his or her leadership skill level in a precise manner within the organization? In spite of the research question, both studies suggested that organization and management play a major role for both trait and skills relative to leadership styles.

Sample Population

According to Ali, Nisar, & Raza (2011), the study surveyed a total of 228 participants, while Khan & Ahmad 2012 used only 190 participants. The sample size was divided into two categories, i.e., 120 males and 108 females, while (Khan & Ahmad 2012) participants were 81 males and 9 females. In comparison, the first study is almost equally symmetry, whereas, the second study in not equally balanced. In fact, the participates are basically male and could be deemed bias in its opinion about leadership. According to (Khan & Ahmad 2012), they used highly professional participants from a leading university, while (Ali, Nisar, & Raza 2012) used elementary and high school employees. In the first study, all of the questionnaires were received, whereas, the second study only received 90 of the questionnaire sent to the participants at a university.

Results of Studies

The findings show that in the first study ( Ali, Nisar, & Raza 2011), the five aforementioned variables do not impact leadership behavior, while variables used in the second study (Khan & Ahmad 2012) do impact leadership skills. Each studies used different variables in addressing their hypotheses. Therefore, it is impossible to compare the results of the two studies. The purpose of (Ali, Nisar, & Raza 2011) study was to test the effectiveness of leadership traits, while (Khan & Ahmad 2012) intent was to test leadership skills within an organization. Both test yield different results due to the nature of the questions tested.

In study number one, the sample size was sufficient,