The Effect of Leadership Experience and Training in Structured Military Tasks. A Test of the Contingency Model.

Abstract

The study tests the hypothesis derived from the Contingency Model that leadership training and experience may be viewed as improving the favorableness of the leadership situation. In very favorable and unfavorable situations, training and experience should correlate positively with performance of task-motivated (low LPC) leaders but negatively with the performance of relationship-motivated (high LPC) leaders. In intermediate situations, experience and training should correlate positively with performance of relationship-motivated, but negatively with performance of task-motivated leaders. The hypothesis was validated and extended in a study involving 55 section chiefs of field artillery crews. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0729237

Entities

People

  • Fred E. Fiedler
  • Louis S. Csoka

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Education
  • Leadership
  • Leadership Training
  • Training
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Organizational Psychology.