Cognitive and Personality Predictors of Leader Performance in West Point Cadets

Bartone, Paul T.; Snook, Scott A.; Tremble, Trueman R.

doi:10.1207/s15327876mp1404_6

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“…This finding is consistent with that of Bartone, Snook, and Tremble (2002), who compared male and female cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. Indeed, women likely tend to work much harder to achieve success on military factors in the traditionally male environment at the service academies.…”

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“…However, the authors did not expect to find that women continue to out-perform their male counterparts in leadership dimensions as upper-class cadets (Bartone, Snook, Tremble, 2002).…”

Section: Military Performance Grades At Us Military Academymentioning

confidence: 90%

“…Furthermore, when demographic variables are entered into the first-order correlations, gender is found to be associated with leader performance. Probably the most significant finding is that female cadets performed better than men on the MD composite score (Bartone, Snook, and Tremble, 2002).…”

Section: Military Performance Grades At Us Military Academymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Study of Gender Differences in Performance at the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Sanders¹

2005

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“…However, the authors did not expect to find that women continue to out-perform their male counterparts in leadership dimensions as upper-class cadets (Bartone, Snook, Tremble, 2002).…”

Section: Military Performance Grades At Us Military Academymentioning

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2005

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“…For instance, Bradley, Nicol, and Charbonneau (2002) conducted a longitudinal analysis of Canadian officers and found that officers who rated themselves highly in terms of dominance, energy level and internal control were rated as being more effective 3 years into their careers. In contrast, Bartone, Snook, and Tremble (2002) found that agreeableness and conscientiousness were related to ratings of leadership effectiveness in a longitudinal study of West Point cadets. It is relatively hard, however, to integrate the Bradley et al findings with the Bartone et al findings to provide an overall evaluation of the role of personality in military leadership because of the lack of overlap of personality characteristics in the two studies.…”

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confidence: 73%

Military leadership: A context specific review

Wong

Bliese

McGurk

2003

The Leadership Quarterly

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The purpose of this article is to review the literature on military leadership and highlight research opportunities for leadership scholars. The review uses a context specific approach and turns to a simplified version of Hunt's (Hunt, J. G. (1991). Leadership: A new synthesis. Newbury Park, CA: Sage) extended multilevel leadership model as a template to examine the many facets of military leadership. The military leadership literature is stratified into the systems, organizational, and direct levels of leadership with an examination of studies on the critical tasks and individual capabilities required at each level. Additionally, studies on organizational culture and effectiveness at each level are addressed. The article emphasizes that the military is undergoing substantial change as it adjusts to the changing nature of war and a fluid world situation. Based on trends in the military, the review concludes with several general recommendations for future research. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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“…Research by Australian officers for leadership prediction lists factors such as: extraversion, openness, and dutifulness [16]. In the US Military Academy at West Point preconditions for leadership were identified as being dutifulness and friendliness [17]. Dutifulness is an important prerequisite for the formation of leadership which is confirmed also by other authors [18].…”

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confidence: 71%