A Test of the Cognitive Complexity Interpretation of the Least Preferred Coworker Scale
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Vol. 39 (3) , 523-526
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001316447903900301
Abstract
Cognitive complexity has been offered (Mitchell, 1970; Foa, Mitchell, and Fiedler, 1971) as an alternative conceptualization of Fiedler's (Fiedler, 1967) measure of leadership (i.e., the Least Preferred Coworker Scale—LPC). In order to establish the validity of this proposition, the completed LPC scales of 287 airmen were analyzed. ANOVA tests for linear trend revealed that, contrary to current theorizing, low LPC is more closely related to cognitive complexity (as operationalized by LPC item-variability) than is high LPC.Keywords
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