SELF-ESTEEM AND THE DIFFUSION OF LEADERSHIP STYLE

Abstract

This study suggests that conflicting evidence concerning leadership climate may be reconciled by postulating intervening cognitive processes. One such cognitive process, the self-esteem of the lower-level supervisor, is studied in the context of an organization in which no formal human relations training had taken place. A series of hypotheses relate supportiveness of the foreman's supervisor to the foreman's self-esteem, and its attendant consequences, and the latter to the foreman's behavior toward his subordinates.All hypotheses are confirmed and lend strong support to the proposition that evidence for leadership climate can be obtained ordinarily only by taking into account the motivational and cognitive structures which exist at the levels of organization being studied. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0276702

Entities

People

  • David G. Bowers

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Diffusion
  • Education
  • Hypotheses
  • Leadership
  • Management Training
  • Mental Processes
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Supervisors
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Theoretical Analysis.