President George H. W. Bush and General Merrill A. McPeak: An investigation of the differences between two national security leaders, vis-a-vis leadership styles, as expressed during the genesis of the unipolar moment
by Blumentritt, John W., Ph.D., OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY, 2009, 149 pages; 3388764

Abstract:

This study examines the leadership styles of President George H. W. Bush and United States Air Force General Merrill A. McPeak. The period of interest is at the conclusion of the Cold War, which has been described as the genesis of the unipolar moment (Krauthammer, 1990/91). The primary topics President Bush and General McPeak addressed during this period involved fiscal challenges, regional conflicts, organizational changes, and other concerns. Transactional and transformational leadership language was empirically measured via the use of content analysis research techniques. Consequently, a significant difference was found in percentages of both transactional and transformational leadership language as a result of speaker and topic. In addition, a significant relationship between the communication event delivery date and the use of transformational leadership language by President Bush was also found. However, no other relationships between communication delivery date and either leader were found significant.

 
AdviserMark T. Green
SchoolOUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/A 71-01, p. , Feb 2010
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsPolitical Science; Military history; Military studies
Publication Number3388764
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