Proactive Personality and Entrepreneurial Leadership: Exploring the Moderating Role of Organizational Identification and Political Skill‪.‬

INTRODUCTION In this present article, I will explore the possibility that organizational identification and political skill moderates the relationship between proactive personality and entrepreneurial leadership. Research has begun to move from merely examining personality as a main effect (Barrick, Parks, & Mount, 2005) to focus on the moderating or mediating effects that explain how personality influences dependent variables. This approach can also be taken to examine the relationship between proactive personality and entrepreneurial leadership and to investigate whether organizational identification and political skill moderates the relationship. The ability for practitioners to identify individuals that will successfully lead innovation and take risks in the workplace is very beneficial for organizations. Leadership research indicates that the trait approach facilitates the selection of leaders. Viewed from a selection perspective, organizations can determine the desired employee profile to meet their needs (Naquin & Holton, 2002).