Collective Leadership Measurement for the U.S. Army

Abstract

The U.S. Army faces a difficult and challenging context today. To help meet these challenges, we propose the Army looks beyond traditional, individual-level approaches to leadership to include a collective leadership framework. A conceptualization of collective leadership is presented that is multi-level in nature, builds on a foundation of general leadership concepts, includes communication as a core element, is team- and network-based, and considers both "hard" and "soft" criteria and situational moderators applicable to individual leaders, squads, platoons, companies, battalions, and brigades. The fundamentals of a new measurement system for collective leadership are then developed. Viable measures of various aspects and dimensions of the collective leadership conceptualization are constructed using markers, surveys, interviews, critical incidents, and policy capturing scenarios to begin a multi-level assessment of collective leadership for the Army. Measurement instruments are provided as a part of this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA596962

Entities

People

  • Francis J. Yammarino
  • Gregory A. Ruark
  • Jason M. Brunner
  • Michael D. Mumford
  • Tamara L. Friedrich
  • William B. Vessey

Organizations

  • Binghamton University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Personnel
  • Doctrine
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Military Tactics
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Students
  • Teamwork
  • Warfare

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  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design