Human relations behavior on the job: The officer behavior description

Abstract

"The Officer Behavior Description is an objective, checklist type of test which measures human relations behavior on the job. It covers 17 areas which were adapted from an earlier critical-incident study in the Air Force. For construction of the OBD a group of 282 Field Grade Officers attending the Air University were described by a subordinate, a peer, and a superior officer at the subject officers' last duty station. The descriptions were scored using weights assigned by a sample of colonels attending the Air War College. Direct measures of validity and reliability were unobtainable, although related data and considerations suggest that if validity and reliability statistics were available the coefficients would be satisfactory." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)