An Assessment of the Racial Perceptions of Company Commanders Relevant to Army Social Work Practice and Knowledge.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to describe variations in racial perceptions, along with ideal and real patterns of leadership behavior among a sample-group of Army leaders who have vital roles to play in the area of race relations. Questionnaire data were utilized from a sample of convenience which consisted of 104 company commanders and 104 non-commissioned officers assigned to five Army installations. The data revealed the lack of any significant correlation between company commanders' racial perceptions, and patterns of leadership behavior. Consequently, the data indicated that the leader behaviors of the commanders occurred partially independent of their racial attitudes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA041892

Entities

People

  • John H. Newby Jr

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Discrimination
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Hypotheses
  • Judiciary
  • Leadership
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Perception
  • Prejudice
  • Questionnaires
  • Racial Discrimination
  • Schools
  • Vietnam War
  • War

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.