Predicting unit performance by assessing transformational and transactional leadership.

How do leadership ratings collected from units operating under stable conditions predict subsequent performance of those units operating under high stress and uncertainty? To examine this question, the authors calculated the predictive relationships for the transformational and transactional leadership of 72 light infantry rifle platoon leaders for ratings of unit potency, cohesion, and performance for U.S. Army platoons participating in combat simulation exercises.

The Effects of Role Playing in a Program to Modify Attitudes Toward Black Employees.

As part of a one-day management training exercise designed to modify attitudes toward race in the working environment, 2292 male and female, white and black managers completed a role playing exercise built around five statistically derived racial awareness factors. On three of the five factors those who role played supporting views on a designated factor ranked first in amount of change on that factor, as measured by pre- and postquestionnaires.