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Swanson, Ronald 6., Peer Assessment of Leadership
Style and its Relation to Productivity. Master of Science
(Psychology), May, 1973, 31 pp., 5 tables, references,
65 titles.
The problem with which this investigation is concerned
is that of determining if peer appraisal of leadership style
is related to productivity. Previous research in this area
has used subordinate evaluation of leadership style,with sub-
jective superior ratings as the performance criterion. -The
present study uses peers to evaluate style of leadership, with
a more objective multiple-input productivity criterion.
The development of 'the Consideration and Structure di-
mensions of leadership is included Ln the introduction,as
well as the history of th4* instrument that .measures them.
The reliability, stability, and validity of peer ratings are
also presented. The 'weaknesses of subjective criterion meas-
ures are examined, and a rationale for a more objective multi-
ple input criterion is developed.
Previous research has shown evidence that superiors
rated higher those leaders who were high on the Structure
dimension,while subordinates rated higher those leaders who
were high on the Consideration dimension. Since peers are
neither superiors nor subordinates, it was expected that
they would see value in being high on either dimension.
In light of the research findings presented, three
hypotheses are put forth for testing. Hypothesis 1 pro-
poses that those leaders rated by their peers as being
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Swanson, Ronald G. Peer Assessment of Leadership Style and Its Relation to Productivity, thesis, May 1973; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131616/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .