Personal Attributes as Predictors of Military Leadership: A Study of Midshipmen Leaders at USNA
Abstract
A set of variables assessing personal attributes (e.g., personality, thinking style, psychological type MBTI, interests, and life experiences) were investigated as predictors of transformational and transactional leadership in a sample of 107 midshipmen (focal) leaders at the U.S. Naval Academy. The midshipmen leaders provided self-report information on the personal attributes. Their 1235 plebe subordinates and the midshipmen's superiors provided ratings of the focal midshipmen's transformational and transactional leadership. Results from correlational and regression analyses indicated that (1) different categories of personal attributes were generally independent of one another; (2) various individual interests, thinking styles, personality traits, and experiences were predictive of transformational and transitional leadership as rated by subordinates and superiors; and (3) when combined, thinking style (two measures), personality traits (three measures), psychological type (two measures), and experience (one measure) were predictive of transformational and transactional leadership of focal midshipmen as rated by their superiors and subordinates (multiple Rs = .447 to .572 for four equations).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA210620
Entities
People
- Francis J. Yammarino
- Leanne Atwater
Organizations
- Binghamton University