Young Mike, Dulewicz Victor
Pembroke College, University of Oxford and Royal Navy.
Henley Business School, Greenlands, UK.
Mil Psychol. 2024 Nov;36(6):617-630. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2023.2244818. Epub 2023 Aug 11.
This paper assesses the impact of general intelligence, as well as specific personality traits, and aspects of motivation, on performance, potential, and advancement of senior leaders. A questionnaire survey was conducted on the full population of 381 senior officers in the Royal Navy with an 80% response rate. Performance, potential, and rate of advancement were established direct from the organization's appraisal system; intelligence, personality traits and motivation were assessed, at the time of the study, using the Verify G+ Test, Occupational Personality Questionnaire, and Motivation Questionnaire. Findings suggest differences in motivation are more important than differences in general intelligence, or personality traits, in predicting assessed performance, potential within, and actual rate of advancement to, senior leadership positions. This is a rare example of a study into very senior leaders, validated against both formal appraisal data and actual rates of advancement. As a consequence of this study the Royal Navy has started to use psychometric-based assessments as part of the selection and development of its most Senior Officers.
本文评估了一般智力、特定人格特质以及动机因素对高级领导者的绩效、潜力和晋升的影响。对皇家海军381名高级军官进行了问卷调查，回复率为80%。绩效、潜力和晋升率直接来自组织的评估系统；在研究时，使用Verify G+测试、职业人格问卷和动机问卷对智力、人格特质和动机进行了评估。研究结果表明，在预测高级领导职位的评估绩效、内部潜力和实际晋升率方面，动机差异比一般智力或人格特质差异更为重要。这是一项针对非常高级领导者的研究的罕见案例，该研究通过正式评估数据和实际晋升率进行了验证。由于这项研究，皇家海军已开始将基于心理测评的评估作为其最高级军官选拔和发展的一部分。
