Situational Leadership:

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

Authors

  • Luiz Fernando Nascimento dos Reis Seção de Finanças, Divisão de Administração, Segundo Centro Integrado de Defesa Aérea e Controle de Tráfego Aéreo, CINDACTA II, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
  • Maria Estela Ferreira do Nascimento Divisão de Ensino, Academia da Força Aérea, AFA, Pirassununga, SP, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22480/revunifa.2024.37.538

Keywords:

Situational Leadership. Military Leadership. Maturity. Leadership Styles.

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. 

Author Biographies

  • Luiz Fernando Nascimento dos Reis, Seção de Finanças, Divisão de Administração, Segundo Centro Integrado de Defesa Aérea e Controle de Tráfego Aéreo, CINDACTA II, Curitiba, PR, Brasil

    The 1st Lieutenant of the Quartermaster Officers, Chief of the Finance Section of the Second Integrated Air Defense and Air Traffic Control Center. Brazilian, born in Rio de Janeiro, has a bachelor's degree in Administration from the Air Force Academy, had the opportunity of belonging to the Leadership Chain of the Air Force Cadet Corps in the figure of the leader of the 4th Squadron and thus propose a study that would cover leadership profiles suggested for the Squadrons of the CCAer in order to observe the relevance of situational leadership in AFA.

  • Maria Estela Ferreira do Nascimento, Divisão de Ensino, Academia da Força Aérea, AFA, Pirassununga, SP, Brasil

    PhD in Social Sciences from PUC/SP with research on “Productive Restructuring: emphasis on training and management by skills”. Master in Production Engineering from USP/ SC with research on “Training Business Leaders”. Postgraduate in Administration of Human Resources by FAAP/SP. Graduated and graduated in Psychology from UNIUBE MG. He worked in the area of People Management in technical and supervisory roles in companies medium and large. She worked as Coordinator and Teacher at UNICSUL and UNAERP. She worked as Coordinator and Professor in Postgraduate Studies. She is currently a Full Professor of the Air Force Higher Education Teaching Staff, at the Air Force Academy - AFA, in Pirassununga. She works as a teacher in the People Management discipline and as a Monograph Advisor.

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Published

2024-02-21

Issue

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Situational Leadership:: a study of applicability of the Hersey and Blanchard model in the CCAer leadership chain. The Journal of the University of the Air Force , Rio de Janeiro, v. 37, p. 1–20, 2024. DOI: 10.22480/revunifa.2024.37.538. Disponível em: https://revistadaunifa.fab.mil.br/index.php/reunifa/article/view/538.. Acesso em: 10 nov. 2024.

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