As a conclusion, the study depicts the selection of specific job characteristics' is very much influenced by leader attributes. Exposure to leadership training and development will help undergraduates to possess wider emotional and cognitive maturity. Besides, having leadership attributes and having the desire/motivation to lead appear to be mutually reinforcing in determining preferences of most job characteristics, but the nature and magnitude of their influence are different. Universities need to consider developing more leadership attribute development workshops for their undergraduates to enable them to gain higher cognitive maturity and cultivate preference for broader job quality characteristics.