An Examination of Army Officer Perceptions about Counseling.
Abstract
The U.S. Army finds itself in a position of attempting to maintain a viable defense force in the face of decreasing budgetary and human resources, increasing technological sophistication and increasing social complexity. As a result, influencing the motivation of subordinates may also be getting more complicated as compared with years past. The view is taken that the increased complexity of motivating subordinates has caused leader interpersonal skills to take on critical importance in the effective accomplishment of U.S. Army goals and missions. A review of the literature on the interpersonal skills of leaders is presented and a questionnaire study involving company grade and field grade officers is described. The purpose of the study is to determine how important interpersonnel skills are perceived to be to personal and organizational success. Two important findings were that the more senior group tended to value counseling less than did the more junior group and that the more senior sample tended to be more critical of their supervisors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA072130
Entities
People
- Gordon L. Rogers
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School