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Replacing Workplace Leadership With Political Expediency, Mark Daniel Leonhardt
Replacing Workplace Leadership With Political Expediency, Mark Daniel Leonhardt
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The study examines the adherence to principled leadership styles by persons in position of authority and develops a method to determine the extent to which those people deviate from principled leadership practices for purpose of political expediency. Two fortune 500 companies, three smaller local companies and select Western Kentucky University faculty were surveyed using the MACH V Attitude Inventory for determining Machiavellian tendencies via an online survey site. An examination and evaluation of survey results yielded a surpirsingly consistent neutral score, but no indication of Machiavellian tendencies within the respondent group.
The Effect Of An Overall Rating Item On Halo Error In Performance Evaluations, S. Elizabeth Hogue
The Effect Of An Overall Rating Item On Halo Error In Performance Evaluations, S. Elizabeth Hogue
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This study focuses on how the presence or absence of an overall rating item on a performance evaluation form affects levels of halo error and satisfaction with the form. Participants included undergraduate college students who were randomly assigned to groups receiving a form with or without an overall rating item at the beginning of the form. A satisfaction item was included on both forms. The analyses included a z-test for correlations from independent samples to determine the difference between the two evaluation forms and a t-test to determine the difference between the satisfaction scores of the two forms. The analyses …