Date of Award
3-10-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering Management
Department
Department of Systems Engineering and Management
First Advisor
Alexander J. Barelka, PhD
Abstract
The construct of self-efficacy has been used extensively to analyze and predict what motivates human behavior, to include leadership behaviors. The connection between self-efficacy and leader effectiveness may be critical to finding new ways of selecting and developing leadership in organizations. The efficacy of individuals at the general and specific levels was studied with data collected from officer training school graduates and their post-training supervisors. With this data a new leadership self-efficacy (LSE) framework was created and validated, and this framework was used to compare the predictability of the previously validated general self-efficacy (GSE) measure to distal performance measures. GSE was found to be a poor predictor of future behaviors while an individual’s self-efficacy for interpersonal skills was found to be a significant contributing factor to future leadership behaviors.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GEM-ENV-10-M07
DTIC Accession Number
ADA527223
Recommended Citation
Platt, Seth D., "The Development of a Leadership Self-Efficacy Measure" (2010). Theses and Dissertations. 2118.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/2118