A Comparison of the Values of Highly Successful Senior Field Grade Infantry Officers with Those of Company Grade Infantry Officers and Civilians
Abstract
The Rokeach Value Scale was used to measure values of highly successful senior Infantry officers at the Army War College (AWC). The values of new and experienced Infantry junior officers were also measured. All Infantry groups, but especially the AWC group, showed major differences from a national sample of males. The AWC group ranked the values An Exciting Life, A Sense of Accomplishment, National Security, Self-Respect, (being) Capable, (being) Courageous, (being) Honest, (being) Imaginative, (being) Logical, and (being) Responsible much higher in importance than the national sample of males. The AWC group ranked the values A Comfortable Life, A World at Peace, a World of Beauty, True Friendship, (being) Ambitious, (being) Broadminded, (being) Cheerful, (being) Clean, (being) Forgiving, (being) Loving, and (being) Polite much lower in importance than did the national sample. The three Infantry groups also showed differences among themselves, with the AWC colonels and lieutenant colonels typically differing from the junior Infantry officers in the same way that all of the Infantry groups differed from the civilians. Implications of these results for research aimed at changing deficient values among new Infantry officers are discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA160707
Entities
People
- Frederick N. Dyer
- Richard E. Hilligoss
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences