A Validation of the Contingency Model Approach to Leadership Experience and Training

Abstract

The study is a validation of the hypothesis supported by a previous study that leadership training and experience may be viewed as altering the favorableness of the leadership situation. This means that training and experience will improve the performance of some leaders, while decreasing that of others. In the field artillery study, it was found that low LPC leaders showed better performance than high LPC leaders in favorable situations. In other words, training was detrimental for the high LPC leaders. In the intermediate situations, trained and experienced high LPC leaders performed better, while in unfavorable situations, low LPC leaders with little training and experience performed better. The present study, involving 58 naval aviation maintenance supervisors from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station supports the earlier findings in a field artillery study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0754439

Entities

People

  • Louis S. Csoka

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Classification
  • Hypotheses
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Job Training
  • Leadership
  • Leadership Training
  • Military Research
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Aviation
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Ratings
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • Supervisors
  • Training

Readers

  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Organizational Psychology.