Effective Parameters in the prospective Military Leadership and Management (A case of the Army Ground Force: I.R. of Iran)

This study investigated effective parameters in the leadership and management among commanders of the Army ground Force, hierarchy of each criterion and ultimately proposal of a desirable leadership and management model from the respective commanders and senior managers’ perspectives. Characterized as an applied and field study, the research employed the participation of the 100 commanders and senior managers selected based on stratified sampling and given the sample size formula (i.e. 40 and 60 commanders and managers, respectively). A 140-item researcher-made questionnaire was sent to the participants in three phases as required by Delphi technique. Both factor analysis and Cronbach alpha correlational analysis were run to validate the instrument, revealing an index of. 99. Furthermore, correlation of determining matrix showed different from. test result showed less than 0/0001 as significant level. Principal component (PC) analysis based on varimax rotation showed common factors correlating a lot built up a single trait. In general, FA revealed six factors including spiritual health (%51 of 33 factor loading), psychological health (%7.9 of 23factor loading), professional capability (%3.2 of 35 factor loading), leadership capability (%2.2 of 21 factor loading), maturation (%1.8 of11 factor loading) and general ability (%1.6 of 8 factor loading) altogether build up %68 of the common variance of the leadership and management.