Abstract
The present study investigated the influence of grit and prudence on the leadership potential among university students. The aim of the study was to check the predictive relationship of grit and prudence on leader ship potential. A simple random sampling technique was used to select HEC based universities for the present study and then through convenience sampling participants were selected (N=320). Data was collected using the instruments namely Short Grit Scale (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009), Prudence subscale of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths–120 (Peterson & Seligman, 2004) and the Leadership Trait Questionnaire (Northouse, 2018). The overall analysis included the Descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation, Multiple Regression was performed using SPSS version 21.0. The findings revealed a significant positive correlation among grit, prudence, and leadership potential. The regression analysis demonstrated that prudence significantly influenced the leadership potential, which predicts 38.4% of the total variance, while grit also predicted leadership potential, explaining 11.4% of the total variance. Furthermore, the combined effect revealed that grit and prudence together has contributed to 41.5% of the variance in leadership potential, that is statistically significant effect (p<.001). These results are more likely to indicate that the value of promoting both grit and prudence in the leadership developmental strategies. The study has also its contributions in adding to the literature examining the combined role of character strengths in leadership potential. It also focuses on providing practical implications for leadership development programs within educational settings.