Long Term Forecasting of Transformational Leadership and Its Effects Among Naval Officers: Some Preliminary Findings

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Abstract : The purpose of this study was to propose, provide measures of, and test a general model of transformational leadership and its relationship to various precursors and consequences in a sample of United States Navy (USN) officers. The 186 officers were on active duty assigned to the surface warfare fleet and graduates of the United States Naval Academy (USNA). Data about the officers were collected from USNA records (pre- and post- admissions assessments), 793 senior subordinates of the officers, and USN records that contained superiors' performance evaluations of the officers. The preliminary results of this study indicate that (1) high school rank and verbal and math aptitude were predictors of academic and military success at the USNA; (2) military performance at the USNA was a predictor of charismatic and inspirational leadership and effectiveness as rated by subordinates as well as superiors' performance evaluations; and (3) transformational as compared to transactional leadership as rated by subordinates was more strongly related to subordinates' evaluations of effectiveness and satisfaction with the focal officers and superiors' ratings of the focal officers' performance. Given these preliminary findings, several directions for future research are discussed.

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