The present study investigates the relationship between managerial style and certain personal characteristics of managers. A sample of 200 American managers is utilized for this purpose. The necessary data were collected using a Personal Values Questionnaire, a biographical questionnaire and an inbasket exercise. The managers were first classified…

Deals with the concept of charisma and attempts to identify the essential attributes of the term within a rhetorical discourse framework. (MH)

Describes a classroom exercise in which a simple personality inventory is used to assess students' perceptions of their instructor. The data generated are used to illustrate the basic cognitive processes by which individuals interpret the behavior of others, as well as numerous perceptual biases that often render such interpretations inaccurate.…

Examines the procedure for applying the Fog, Flesch, and Fry readability formulas to the Internal, Powerful Others, and Chance Scales and for modifying the instrument for use with adult basic education (ABE) students. (Author/CH)

Examined the issue of acquiescence by administering a balanced dogmatism scale and a balanced alienation scale to a random sample of Australians (N=118). Results showed that dogmatism and alienation did not correlate when acquiescence was controlled. (LLL)

Administered the Eysenck Personality Inventory as part of a larger battery of tests to chronic users of drugs (N=43) to determine how drug use influences personality. Results showed that cocaine and opiates users were more introverted; and amphetamine users, barbiturates users and nonusers were more extraverted. (LLL)

In order to test the practicality of non-zero sum games for analyzing children's social behavior, the classic Prisoners' Dilemna Game performance were compared for institutionalized and home-reared boys. (DP)

In response to discussions by W. Mischel and by D. D. McClelland, attention is invited to the desirability of explicitly identifying general circumstances under which indirect assessment is superior to direct methods for assessing the same trait. (Author)

Results of this study indicate that VPI acquiescence scale scores are suspect as indicators of the response style of acquiescence. (Author)

This study on the interaction of ability and personality indicated that while ability and personality have been shown to be independent dimensions, both contribute to discriminating between the four groups of engineering students as to their persistence and success in the program. (Author)