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Character-Based Leadership from Perspective of the University of Defence Students and the Reconnaissance Units Soldiers
Heřman, Ondřej ; Höschlová, Eva (referee)
Heřman, O. (2020). Character-Based Leadership from Perspective of the University of Defence Students and the Reconnaissance Units Soldiers. Rigorous thesis. Prague: Charles University. Character is generally being highlighted as a key aspect of military leadership, but there has been only marginal attention given to it in the research yet. This thesis deals with the concept of leadership based on leader's character in the context of the land forces. The literature review part summarizes the previous findings on this topic, the research part describes the qualitative-quantitative study which aims to map the commander's character strengths important for his perceived efficiency. The sample consists of the students in the 1st year (N = 81) and the 5th year (N = 80) of the University of Defence and the soldiers of the 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion and the 533rd Battalion of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (N = 38). The data collection tools are the open questionnaire, VIA Inventory of Strengths Revised (Peterson & Seligman, 2004), Czech Leadership Questionnaire (Procházka, Vaculík, & Smutný, 2016) and author's Character Strengths Leadership Inventory. The results show that the most frequently mentioned identifying features, best traits, and examples of the commander's character are Fairness, Honesty,...
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Leadership in the Combat Units of the Land Forces of the Professional Army
Heřman, Ondřej ; Höschlová, Eva (advisor) ; Fabianová, Ivana (referee)
Heřman, O. (2018). Leadership in the Combat Units of the Land Forces of the Professional Army. Prague: Charles University. This thesis deals with the phenomenon of leadership in the professional army, concretely in the combat units of the land forces. The literature review part defines the terms "leadership" and "command", describes the specifics of military leadership, characterizes its various theoretical conceptions (particularly charismatic, transformational, spiritual and servant) and investigates effective command style in combat units. Based on the analysis of existing research and expert literature, it further lists the overview of selected personality traits and activities of commander, which are from the view of following soldiers important for the efficiency of his command. As a research project for mapping the determinants of effective leadership at commanders of combat units a qualitative questionnaire is suggested, consisting of open questions and assigned to the soldiers of combat units of land forces. The possibility of practical use of acquired knowledge is also outlined. Keywords: theory of leadership, leader's personality, leader's activity, follower, professional army, combat units
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