The Relationship between Leader Personality Characteristics and Group Task Performance

Abstract

The revival of interest in personality characteristics of a leader that predict group task performance led us to examine the data sets of Projects Athena and Sentinel. We identified and factor analyzed 25 personality measures to yield a set of nine personality measures: leadership ability, attitudes toward women, Least Preferred Coworker (LPC), verbal and math SAT, male- and female-valued qualities, locus of control, and self-concept. Male and female cadets led three-man groups in a structured and an unstructured task. Male leaders who rated themselves as low in feminine qualities led groups that performed well on the unstructured task. More task-oriented (low LPC) female leaders led successful groups in the same task. No personality correlates were found for the structured task.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA077176

Entities

People

  • Howard T. Prince Ii
  • Jan Yoder
  • Jerome Adams
  • Robert W. Rice

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Leadership
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Sciences
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.