Replacing Workplace Leadership with Political Expediency

<p>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.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Technology Management

Year

2010

Author dc:creator

• Leonhardt, Mark Daniel

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Mark Doggett (Director),Dr. Gregory Arbuckle,Dr. Mark Revels

• leadership
• character
• employee motivation
• MACH V survey
• Architectural Engineering
• Human Resources Management
• Organizational Behavior and Theory

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/147

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1147