The description of supervisory behavior

Abstract

A questionnaire of 150 items was subjected to factor analysis. Two major and two minor factors were revealed; the two major factors were named "Consideration" and "Initiating Structure." New keys were developed, and the items pre-tested on industrial foremen. Item-dimension correlations were considered as factor loadings and used as the basis for revision of the scoring keys. The final form contained 48 items, each with a high loading on one factor and as close as possible to a 0 loading on the other. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)