Leadership-Ability Tests
Logically, one might expect measures of “leadership ability” to be more predictive of managerial success, because such measures should be directly relevant to managerial job requirements. Scales designed to measure two major constructs underlying managerial behavior, providing consideration (one type of “getting along” construct) and initiating structure (one type of “getting ahead” construct). Have been developed and used in many situations (Fleishman, 1973).