Table A.6: Primary leadership tensions mentionedThe answers could be clustered along two primary tensions. The respondents reported to feel tension
between a short-term and long-term orientation and between task- versus people-orientation.
Discussion
The results from this pilot study lead to three points of discussion. First of all, contrary to what may be
expected on the basis of the literature, people- and task-oriented leadership items were significantly
positively correlated. It should be stressed that the results of this pilot study were based on a self-
assessment. There could be a bias in terms of individual differences in terms of scoring. Some
individuals have the tendency to give high scores, while others have a tendency to give low scores,
meaning that when a leader gives him- or herself a high score on task-oriented leadership behavior, he
or she is likely to give a high score on people-oriented leadership, as well. Or vice versa, when a
leader scores him- or herself low on task-oriented leadership, he or she tends to score him- or herself