A Note on Organizational Leadership as Problem Solving.

Abstract

Approximately 780 officers in the chains of command of 53 U.S. Army battalions responded to paper-and-pencil exercises in order to test the replicability of earlier results on a model which links effective leadership to problem-solving abilities. In this replication, criteria included subordinate and superior assessments of leadership behavior/performance as well as career achievement (rank and awards). Limited replication of the earlier results was obtained. The group of variables reported earlier to predict achievement were also significantly associated with achievement in this replication. However, strengths of relationship were appreciably less than reported earlier for achievement and weak (even though statistically significant) for superior and subordinate assessments. The obtained data also raised questions about the validity of measures newly designed for the earlier effort and about the reliability of measurement needed for leader development research and practice.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328330

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  • Steven R. Stewart
  • Thomas D. Kane
  • Trueman R. Tremble Jr.

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  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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