U. S. and Norwegian Military Officers' Personality Traits, Attitudes, Values and Leadership Styles: A Cross-National Comparison.

摘要

The California F Scale, and Mach V Scale, the Study of Values, the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, and the Least Preferred Coworker Scale were given to a group of male Norwegian military officers (24 cases). The results obtained on the 25 variables that the battery comprised were compared with the results obtained on the same instruments from groups of male U.S. military officers (307 cases). The U.S. officers were found to score significantly higher (at the .05 level) on religious values as measured by the Study of Values than did the Norwegian group. The U.S. group also scored significantly higher on Achievement, Exhibition, Change, and Heterosexuality, as measured by the EPPS. The Norwegian group was found to score significantly higher than the U.S. group on Authoritarianism, as measured by the F Scale. The Norwegian group also scored significantly higher than the U.S. group on Deference, Order, Nurturance, Endurance, and Aggression, as measured by the EPPS. (Author)