Tehran Urban Research & Planning Center: Tehran Municipality International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management 2476-4698 7 1 2022 01 01 The relationship between individual characteristics and practices of self-leadership strategies in Academia 29 40 243188 10.22034/IJHCUM.2022.01.03 EN F.E.A. Afridi Department of Management Sciences, Islamia College, Peshawar, Pakistan 0000-0001-9776-5074 Sh. Jan Department of Management Sciences, Islamia College, Peshawar, Pakistan 0000-0001-8518-7668 B. Ayaz Department of Management Sciences, Islamia College, Peshawar, Pakistan 0000-0002-8999-4165 Journal Article 2020 11 28 <strong>BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:</strong> Self-leadership is an uplifting concept in this technologically driven world.  Given the potential benefits of self-leadership and its increasing popularity, it is surprising that self-leadership is an under-researched topic. The purpose of this study was to understand the personality factors related to the use of self-leadership behaviors.<br /><strong>METHODS:  </strong>This study analyzed data obtained from 217 respondents through an online survey. The study proposed model was tested using multiple regression to analyze individual characteristics of self-leaders and the results indicated that the model was partially supported.<br /><strong>FINDINGS: </strong>The findings indicate that individual characteristics do predict self-leadership. Personality traits variables conscientiousness (beta = .32, p < .01) and openness (beta = .26, p < .05) have a significant positive relationship with self-leadership practices. Surprisingly, this study found emotional stability has no significant relationship with self-leadership behavior.<br /><strong>CONCLUSION: </strong>The results of this study suggested that conscientiousness is important in the development of self-leadership meta-skills possibly through self-directed self-regulation and the practice of self-leadership. This study also employed a rigorous validation technique therefore, this study was able to address some of the methodological limitations of previous studies such as common method variance by examining the proposed relationships in a longitudinal setting. https://www.ijhcum.net/article_243188_473df156bfc35cf9b5a144558a29d336.pdf