Innovative Leader Development: Evaluation of the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Adaptive Leader Program: Appendixes

Abstract

The survey used to assess participants attitudes toward the Armys Asymmetric Warfare Adaptive Leader Program (AWALP) as reported in Straus et al. (2014) is shown on the following pages. Table A.1 provides the mapping of survey items to dimensions of adaptive performance. As noted in in Straus et al., 2014, our survey items were based on published items from Ployhart and Bliese, 2006; Pulakos et al., 2000; Pulakos et al., 2002; and White et al., 2005,and supplemented with original items. The survey format was based on Pulakos et al., 2002. Note that in the evaluation, for questions about frequency, we asked respondents how often they engage in the activities in the precourse survey and how often they should engage in the activities in the post course survey. A reviewer of the report pointed out that interpreting the need for adaptability may be problematic because, in a paired design, the question should be the same at both times. Therefore, we revised the pretraining question in the survey to "How often do you think you should be doing this activity on your job? which is shown the survey included in this appendix. For ratings of frequency, we counted the number of responses in each category (e.g., never, a few times per year) for each item (for example, see Figures 3.10 to 3.14 in Straus et al., 2014). For ratings of interest and self-efficacy (effectiveness in the survey), responses were scored by averaging the ratings for the items corresponding to each dimension or concept. For example, a respondent whose answers about self-efficacy for the first three items were 4, 5, and4 would have a score of 4.33 for the creative thinking dimension.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1063360

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  • Anna R. Saavedra
  • Bryan W. Hallmark
  • Carra S. Sims
  • Michael G. Shanley
  • Sean Duggan
  • Stoney Trent
  • Susan G. Straus

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