Business Managers/Executives/Administrators
OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between leaders' optimism and pessimism levels to both their ability to envision a new future for their organization and to effective leadership practices.
METHODOLOGY Participants were 48 male executives selected from mid to large size manufacturing firms in the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio business community and their direct reports (N=197). In addition to the LPI (Self and Observer), respondents completed the Optimism and Pessimism instrument (Dember et al., 1989) and Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (Kirton, 1976).
KEY FINDINGS LPI scores were correlated positively with optimism and negatively with pessimism, although none of these were statistically significant. There were no significant correlations between the LPI scores on the KAI innovative factors.