Characteristics of Critical Leadership Incidents in the Navy

Abstract

Critical incidents involving leadership problems encountered in the Navy were elicited from 70 Navy officers. Each incident included problem, leader action taken and incident outcome. Of 301 original incidents, 31 were discarded as incomplete. The remaining 270 incidents were rated by five Navy enlisted veterans who received careful training in the judgmental task but were 'blind' with respect to the hypotheses under study. Judgments involved the type of problem involved in the incident (six types were identified), the leadership action taken (the French and Raven, 1959, modes of interpersonal power), the difficulty of the problem, the pressure of the setting, and the outcomes in terms of effect on performance and morale. Ratings displayed acceptable reliability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA018686

Entities

People

  • George C. Thornton Iii
  • Michael T. Wood
  • Stanley M. Nealey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Classification
  • Education
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Leadership
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Naval Personnel
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Systems Analysis and Design