PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AS PREDICTORS OF SUPERIORS AND SUBORDINATES PERCEPTIONS OF MILITARY ACADEMY LEADERSHIP

Relationships between military academy leaders' personal attributes (e .g., traits, thinking styles) and others' ratings of transformational and transactional leadership were assessed in this study. Regression a nalyses indicated that personal attributes significantly predicted lea dership ratings. Consistent with implicit leadership theories, however , the relevant predictors differed as a function of the positions of t he individuals who rated leadership (i.e., superiors vs. subordinates of focal leaders). For example, leader intelligence and athletic exper ience were related to subordinate ratings of leadership while the lead er's degree of conformity was associated with superiors' ratings of le adership. Implications for organizations and for understanding the lea dership rating process are discussed.