Effective Leadership: Perceptions of Newcomers and Old Timers in the Navy

Abstract

The report analyzes perceptions of optimal vs. actual leadership in Navy basic training and Navy duty from the perspectives of three groups of Navy enlisted men: Raw recruits about to enter boot camp; trainees nearing the end of boot camp; and enlisted men with nearly two years of enlisted experience. This study is part of a larger project dealing with interpersonal influence in the Navy which has explored perceptions of five leadership climate dimensions and the frequency of use of five modes of interpersonal power. The key issue explored in this study was the discrepancy between leadership seen as optimal for work effort and satisfaction vs. the actual leadership experienced at boot camp and on Navy duty.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA005772

Entities

People

  • George C. Thornton Iii
  • Stanley M. Nealey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Basic Training
  • Business Administration
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Supervision
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Organizational Psychology.