Transformational Leadership and Performance: A Structural Equations Approach.

摘要

A model of leadership and performance was developed and tested with a sample of United States Navy Officers. A representative sample of a total of one hundred eighty-six graduates of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) who had been assigned to the surface warfleet participated in the study. Data concerning these officers were collected from USNA records, 793 senior subordinates of the officers, and the officers' superiors since time of commission. LISREL procedures were used to test the basic model and results provided support for the proposed conceptual model. Specifically, military performance while at the USNA predicted subsequent officer leadership and objective performance while in the fleet. Transformational leadership and laissezfaire officer leadership while on fleet duty predicted objective and subjective officer performance. (kr)