Personality Characteristics of Executives in Business Organizations as Revealed Through Selected Scales of California Psychological Inventory

The study examined the personality characteristics of business executives through selected scales (viz., Dominance, Capacity for Status, Sociability, Responsibility, Achievement via Independence, Managerial Potential, and Work Orientation) of California Psychological Inventory (Gough, 1987). The sample consisted of 98 executives From four renowned business organizations in Pakistan. The study explored the differences among the personality traits of successful and unsuccessful executives: technical and nontechnical executives, younger and older executives. It was found that successful, nontechnical, and older executives showed more leadership traits as compared to the other groups. The differences between personality characteristics of Pakistani executives with that of American have also been studied. The American executives scored higher on all scales except Dominance as compared to Pakistani executives.