摘要：The relationship between personality traits (for instance extraversion, conscientiousness and emotional stability) and self-leadership has not been demonstrated thoroughly. If specific personality traits are related to selfleadership, selection and training strategies can be adapted in order to secure effective and productive employees for teams/organizations. The survey method was employed, using the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire and the revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire. The target group consisted of 69 first-line supervisors working in a state organization. Using the Pearson product-moment correlation, a significant correlation was shown between visualizing successful performance with extraversion, self-observation with introversion, self-talk with emotional stability and self-goal setting with conscientiousness. Specifically in the state sector, where first-line supervisors are faced with difficult and changing demands of the environment, it is important for them to use self-talk (which helps them to maintain emotional stability) and to constantly set self-goals (which help them to know what they are doing and to persevere at their task, that is, conscientiousness). If first-line South African supervisors in the state sector can be aware of the advantages of self-leadership strategies, and be trained in applying them in everyday situations, this can lead to effective leadership, stability and enhanced productivity in team/organizational context.
