Personality Traits, Prosocial Knowledge, Charismatic Leadership Behavior, and Clinical Performance of Indian Medical Students

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dc.contributor.advisorMotowidlo, Stephan J.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberOswald, Frederick Len_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBeier, Margaret Een_US
dc.creatorGhosh, Kamalikaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-02T18:37:47Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-02-02T18:37:47Zen_US
dc.date.created2016-12en_US
dc.date.issued2016-04-25en_US
dc.date.submittedDecember 2016en_US
dc.date.updated2017-02-02T18:37:48Zen_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract This study replicates and extends findings reported by Ghosh, Motowidlo, and Nath (2015) that Indian medical students’ prosocial knowledge is positively correlated with their clinical performance. It examines the antecedents of medical students’ charismatic leadership behavior and its contribution to their clinical performance. This study also investigates whether the strongest personality determinant of prosocial knowledge and charismatic leadership behavior is different in a high power distance culture (conscientiousness) than in a low power distance culture (agreeableness). In a sample of 343 Indian medical students, students’ prosocial knowledge positively correlated (.21, p <.01) with their clinical performance. Although Indian medical students’ (N = 96 – 109) charismatic leadership behavior failed to show significant association with their clinical performance (.07, NS) and prosocial knowledge (.18, NS), it positively correlates with agreeableness (.43, p <.01), and conscientiousness (.40, p <.01). Contrary to expectations, conscientiousness failed to show stronger association with knowledge and leadership constructs, than agreeableness in India’s high power distance culture which demonstrates agreeableness’ role as a global predictor of prosocial knowledge. Practical and theoretical contributions of this study are discussed with recommendations for future research.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationGhosh, Kamalika. "Personality Traits, Prosocial Knowledge, Charismatic Leadership Behavior, and Clinical Performance of Indian Medical Students." (2016) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/93842">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/93842</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/93842en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectProsocial Knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectHigh Power Distance Cultureen_US
dc.titlePersonality Traits, Prosocial Knowledge, Charismatic Leadership Behavior, and Clinical Performance of Indian Medical Studentsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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