Senior Leadership: An Annotated Bibliography of the Military and Nonmilitary Literature

Abstract

Abstract : A literature search was performed to determine the state-of-the-art of research and theory on senior leadership skills, functions, activities, and other job related characteristics. One hundred thirty-five military and nonmilitary contributions were annotated and organized into three sections: Summary literature, Empirical literature, and Nonempirical literature. Within each section the contents of each reference were classified as to: (1) 'Organization Type' (military, nonmilitary, or military-nonmilitary comparison), (2) Target Population (senior leaders only or level comparison literature), and (3) 'Subject Matter' (focus on senior leader competencies--i.e., personal qualities, skills, abilities, etc.--and/or job-related variables).