Author:
Niebuhr Robert E.,Bedetan Arthur G.,Armenatcis Achilles A.
Abstract
A field study in a hospital's nursing service organization was conducted to investigate the relationship of subordinate personality characteristics with perceptions of leader behavior. Measures of four individual need states (independence, achievement, affiliation, power) were
obtained from the subjects as well as their perceptions of leader behavior. The study found a number of significant relationships between subordinate personality characteristics and both instrumental and supportive leader behavior perceptions, the primary finding being that individuals strongly
motivated toward self-goals (achievement, power, independence) rather than other-directed goals (affiliation) apparently perceive their leader to be less active, particularly with regard to instrumental supervisory behavior. The implications of these results are discussed with respect to the
focus of future research regarding the influence of individual personality characteristics in behavioral studies.
Publisher
Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd
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