1972 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 28-40
[Correction] THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Vol.12 No.2 (1973) pp.118c-118c
[Correction] THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Vol.12 No.2 (1973) pp.118d-118d
[Correction] THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Vol.12 No.2 (1973) pp.118j-118j
The purpose of this study is to make clear the effect of P-M pattern leadership behavior on the follower's risk taking behavior, using inverted alphabet printing task. Used as subjects were 27 junior high school boys. As an experimental condition, the leader's P-M pattern leadership behavior was operated, and four patterns leadership condition (PM type, P type, M type, and pm type) were provided.
The hypotheses were as follows:
(1) PM and M type conditions have plus Goal Discrepancy score (GD score), and the latter is larger than the former. P type condition has minus GD score. However, we cannot generalize about risk taking behavior under pm type condition.
(2) PM and P type conditions have plus Attainment Discrepancy score (AD score), and the latter is larger than the former. But M type condition has minus AD score, and this absolute score is larger than P type condition's score.
The results indicated that:
Only PM type condition had plus GD score, and the other three type (P, M, and pm) conditions had minus GD score, especially pm type condition had the lowest GD score. The three type (pm, M, and P) conditions had plus AD score, and pm type condition had the highest AD score. But PM type condition failed to have plus AD score.
Typical shift appeared the most frequently under PM type condition, followed by P, M, and pm type, in that order. Conversely, atypical shift appeared the most frequently under pm type condition, followed by M, P, and PM type, in that order.
The first hypothesis was confirmed partially, while the second was not confirmed. The results were discussed in terms of Atkinson's Resultant Motivation model.
