Situational Leadership:

a study of applicability of the Hersey and Blanchard model in the CCAer leadership chain

Abstract

This article is based on a research within the leadership chain - CLC of the Aeronautical Cadet Corps-CCAER. Among all the situational leadership theories researched, the Hersey and Blanchard model was chosen, as this study has a methodology aligned with the existing reality in the process of training Air Force Cadets from the 1st to the 4th squadrons. Investigate the possibility of adopting an ideal leadership style for each squadron, establishing a specific style according to the respective degree of maturity of each squadron. The necessary information for studying the application of situational leadership was collected through two questionnaires. The study used bibliographic research and surveys for data collection. Each CCAER Squad sees itself with a moderate-high “M3” maturity level, with disparities between the idealized style and the one adopted by the leaders. It was also evidenced that there is no increasing graduation in the maturity of the groups, and the troop can increase, maintain or decrease the level of organizational maturity. All this information was enough to reach conclusions that situational leadership is applicable as long as the organizational culture is considered and that there are gaps between idealized styles x employees, contributing to a discrepancy of expectations between leader and subordinate, generating frustrations that make it difficult to this one in the Chain of Leadership.