An Analysis of the Effects of Leadership Style on Aircraft Material Readiness.

Abstract

This study provides empirical data which will demonstrate the effects of leadership style on aircraft material readiness. To facilitate the examination of relationships, a broad definition of readiness was sought which would incorporate variables collected in the MIC reporting system into descriptive factors. Factor analysis provided five factors: Aircraft Availability, Flight Operations, Manpower Utilization, Mission Capability, and Maintenance Procedures. Leadership style data were collected by means of Fleishman's Leadership Opinion Questionnaire (LOQ), and Fiedler's Least Preferred Co-worker Questionnaire (LPC). The results of this study indicate that leadership style is a significant predictor of aircraft material readiness. No single combination of leadership styles appeared to improve aircraft material readiness, however, tradeoffs for improving individual factors were observed. The tradeoff for high Flight Operations appeared to be reduced Aircraft Availability. The tradeoff for more efficient Manpower Utilization appeared to be increased use of excessive Maintenance Procedures. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA085047

Entities

People

  • Ronald E. Wagner

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Manpower Utilization
  • Materials
  • Operational Readiness
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Surveys

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Organizational Psychology.