<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Military staffs are composed of many smaller teams that are interdependent upon each other for a positive functioning level of the whole staff. Many factors can improve or harm the harmony of the staff. Recently, there has been an increased interest in the soft factors that may affect team performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Big Five personality dimensions, political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational staff training event. The sample included 185 military staff officers (49% response rate). The results indicated that the personality dimension Emotional stability and Political skill had a limited, yet statistically significant, predictive power on team performance. Practical considerations and future research directions are suggested.</p></abstract>

Military staffs are composed of many smaller teams that are interdependent upon each other for a positive functioning level of the whole staff. Many factors can improve or harm the harmony of the staff. Recently, there has been an increased interest in the soft factors that may affect team performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Big Five personality dimensions, political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational staff training event. The sample included 185 military staff officers (49% response rate). The results indicated that the personality dimension Emotional stability and Political skill had a limited, yet statistically significant, predictive power on team performance. Practical considerations and future research directions are suggested.

Examining the relationship between personality, organizational political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational military staff exercise context

Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership, Swedish Defence University, Karlstad,

Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership, Swedish Defence University, Stockholm,

Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership, Swedish Defence University, Karlstad, Sweden and Department of Public Health, Hedmark University College, Elverum,

Journal of Military Studies

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Military staffs are composed of many smaller teams that are interdependent upon each other for a positive functioning level of the whole staff. Many factors...

Examining the relationship between personality, organizational political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational military staff exercise context

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Dec 31, 2016

Page range: 24 - 30

Received: Jan 25, 2016

Accepted: Aug 17, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jms-2016-0003

Keywords
personality, team performance, political skills, military

© 2016, Alicia Ohlsson et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Examining the relationship between personality, organizational political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational military staff exercise context

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Dec 31, 2016

Page range: 24 - 30

Received: Jan 25, 2016

Accepted: Aug 17, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jms-2016-0003

Keywordspersonality, team performance, political skills, military

© 2016, Alicia Ohlsson et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
personality, team performance, political skills, military