Air Force Procurement Contracting Officers' Leadership Style: A Comparative Analysis of Measurement Instruments.
Abstract
The research was aimed towards determining if current leadership measurement instruments are measuring some central construct of leadership. Three measurement instruments were selected for analysis--Ghiselli's Self-Description Inventory, Fleishman's Leadership Opinion Questionnaire and Fielder's Least Preferred Co-worker Scale. Based upon similarities in terminology concerning what they are measuring, it was felt that the results of three instruments would give a consistent description of a respondent's leadership style. A data source of Procurement Contracting Officers (PCOs) was provided for the purpose of determining if certain characteristics of leadership style were predominant among the current PCO work force. The three instruments were administered to 102 PCOs and statistical analysis of the results was performed to determine if relationships existed between the variables measured by each instrument.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA016039
Entities
People
- Janiece B. Bennett
- Lucious E. Bryant
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology