TOWARD A TAXONOMY OF MANAGERIAL PERFORMANCE PROFILES

In this study, we applied a typological approach to the performance do main by investigating the profile similarity of managers across a numb er of managerial performance dimensions. Inverse principal components analysis identified three types of managers, which were defined by exa mining correlations between person-component loadings and scores on pe rformance, ability, and personality variables. Task-Oriented Technicia ns were technically skilled but interpersonally ineffective; Amiable U nderachievers were interpersonally sensitive, but were lacking in moti vation and many managerial skills; and People-Oriented Leaders excelle d in leadership and supervision aspects of the job, but had relatively poor financial and quantitative skills. Despite the differences in th eir profiles, mean scores for Task-Oriented Technicians and People-Ori ented Leaders did not differ on a measure of overall performance.