The Relationship between Leader Personality Characteristics and Group Task Performance

摘要

The revival of interest in personality characteristics of a leader that predict group task performance led us to examine the data sets of Projects Athena and Sentinel. We identified and factor analyzed 25 personality measures to yield a set of nine personality measures: leadership ability, attitudes toward women, Least Preferred Coworker (LPC), verbal and math SAT, male- and female-valued qualities, locus of control, and self-concept. Male and female cadets led three-man groups in a structured and an unstructured task. Male leaders who rated themselves as low in feminine qualities led groups that performed well on the unstructured task. More task-oriented (low LPC) female leaders led successful groups in the same task. No personality correlates were found for the structured task.