Our goal in this study was to investigate antecedents to formation of leadership self‐efficacy (LSE) for men versus women. We used a relative importance analysis, which allows more precise identification of important predictors without concern of multicollinearity effects on R2. Using a sample of 325 business students, we found that extraversion, conscientiousness and openness to experience each explained significant variance in LSE. Conscientiousness and openness to experience were stronger predictors of LSE for women than men, whereas extraversion was a stronger predictor of LSE for men than women. We provide a literature review with hypotheses, methods and analysis. We discuss the results with respect to the role congruency and leadership self‐perceptions and provide implications for future research and practice of leadership development.

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预测领导者自我效能的人格特质重要性中的性别差异

我们在这项研究中的目标是调查男性与女性形成领导自我效能感（LSE）的前提。我们使用了相对重要性分析，它可以更精确地识别重要的预测变量，而无需考虑对R2的多重共线性影响。通过对325名商科学生的抽样调查，我们发现外向型，尽职尽责和开放的态度可以说明LSE的显着差异。认真和开放的经历是女性比男性更强的LSE预测因子，而外向性是男性比女性更强的LSE预测因子。我们提供有关假设，方法和分析的文献综述。我们讨论有关角色一致性和领导者自我认知的结果，并为领导力发展的未来研究和实践提供启示。