Building on Upper Echelons Theory and prior research on strategic leadership, the purpose of this paper is to examine the possible effect on employee motivation of two sets of characteristics related to leaders: demographic (gender and age); and professional development (tenure, prior career experience in the organization and training).,The empirical analysis is based on data from a survey of Spanish educational organizations (secondary schools). The hypotheses are tested using hierarchical multiple regression analysis estimations.,The results reveal that the characteristics linked to a leader’s professional development have a significant impact on employee (teacher) motivation. Specifically, a long tenure in office has a negative effect, while prior career experience in an organization and continuous training have a positive impact. However, none of the leader’s demographic characteristics considered in the study has a significant impact on teacher motivation.,Several lines of managerial and educational policy action are suggested for improving employee (teacher) motivation, especially in the specific case of the schools considered here.,This study is one of the first attempts to explore what impact certain leaders’ characteristics have on employee motivation.

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领导者的人口统计学和专业特征对员工激励的影响

基于高级梯队理论和对战略领导力的先前研究，本文的目的是检验与领导力有关的两组特征对员工激励的可能影响：人口统计（性别和年龄）；领导力和领导力。和职业发展（任职期，在组织和培训方面的过往职业经验）。，实证分析基于对西班牙教育组织（中学）进行的调查得出的数据。假设使用分层多元回归分析估计进行检验。结果表明，与领导者的职业发展有关的特征对员工（教师）的动机有重大影响。具体而言，长期任职会产生负面影响，而组织中的过往职业经验和持续培训则会产生积极影响。然而，