A Comparison of the Results Obtained from Various Measures of Leadership Behavior PDF Download

Author: George H Rice (Jr)
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Languages : en
Pages : 15

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Thirty-four leaderless, ad hoc groups were observed while discussing a human relations problem. The behavior of group members was coded along three dimensions, with a fourth dimension resulting from a summation of these three categories. At the end of discussion periods, group members individually completed a sociometric questionnaire. The observations and questionnaires resulted in a total of seven measures of leadership activity for each group. These measures have been termed criteria, and have been used to rank participants on each of the leadership dimensions. The purpose of this paper has been to examine the intercorrelation of the criteria. These results show significant correlations between all criteria. Intercor relations within the questionnaire instrument are greater than within the observation-coding instrument. Correlations between Total Behavior and the criteria obtained from the questionnaire are generally higher than between any one of the observation-coding criteria and the questionnaire criteria. (Author).