Measurement of supervisory ability

Abstract

A 219-item multiple-choice questionnaire was administered to supervisors in two organizations. In a public utility company it was given to 72 supervisors, and the items were analyzed with superiors' ratings as the outside criterion. 70 items were found to be significant. Scoring keys were constructed on these 70 items, and point biserial and triserial correlations on the 70 items were .46 and .45, respectively. The 219 items were given to supervisors in a large retail store and against a criterion of employee ratings of these supervisors, 70 items were significant. These items were different from those selected in the first study. The point biserial correlation coefficient between these items and the employee ratings was .64. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)