Relationship between Officer Duty Performance and Certain Measures of Potential
Abstract
As part of on-going research on prediction of leader effectiveness, the performance of students in the Army Officer Basic Course (OBC) was measured by the seven scales of the standard Officer Evaluation Battery, OBC final grades, and peer ratings made halfway through the course and at the end of the course. Later duty performance was assessed by the standard Officer Efficiency Report and the special-purpose Performance Evaluation Form. Statistical correlations indicated that duty performance was predicted best by final peer ratings and next best by grades, both in general and for personnel in noncombat arms branches. For combat arms personnel, however, final peer ratings and course grades appeared about equally predictive. These findings confirm other research on the value of peer ratings.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA075409
Entities
People
- Arthur C. Gilbert
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences