Development of a Measure of Army Leadership Climate: The Military Leadership Behavior Survey

摘要

A questionnaire used by the CONARC Leadership Board study in 1971 was modified and expanded, in order to better define and measure specific aspects of leadership and to check the reliability of the resulting scores and their relation to other measures. The modified 77-item questionnaire was mailed to Army officers and enlisted personnel; and 1,751 tests were analyzed. From these analyses the Military Leadership Behavior Survey (MLBS) was developed in which a superior, self, or subordinate view is asked, for each of 53 questions about specific actions, on what the leader DOES and what the leader SHOULD do. The answers delineate four primary leadership dimensions, Task Professionalism, Task-Oriented Consideration, Person-Oriented Consideration, and Personal/Interpersonal Professionalism. The Military Leadership Behavior Survey reflects a subjective view of the leader's behavior which correlates with his actual behavior and which may greatly influence the actions of unit personnel and can be dealt with most effectively by educational programs. The four leadership dimensions identified by the MLBS appear to be reliable and consistent, and correlate well with the dimensions of leadership indentified in earlier industrial and military research.