The Power of Experience?: Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets

Morten Brænder; Vilhelm Stefan Holsting

doi:10.1177/0095327X20951435

The Power of Experience? Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets

Morten Brænder^*, Vilhelm Stefan Holsting

^*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

Institut for Statskundskab

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Abstract

Traditionally, the military is seen as an unequivocally authoritarian organization. With survey data collected at the Royal Danish Military Academy, this study shows that that is a qualified truth. Thus, cadets enrolled directly from the noncommissioned officer corps—those most acquainted with the norms of the armed forces—do not weigh authoritarian leadership values over nonauthoritarian ones. Instead, their view reflects that for the experienced leader, the context, and not overt ideals, enables them to choose the leadership tools they expect will prove most effective. On the contrary, cadets enrolled based on their civilian merits clearly prioritize authoritarian values. This is particularly true among cadets returning to the military after a break, former professionals, and former draftees alike. Their view also reflects experience, but a different kind of experience, as they have primarily encountered the military hierarchy from the receiving end.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Armed Forces and Society
Vol/bind	48
Nummer	1
Sider (fra-til)	70-91
Antal sider	22
ISSN	0095-327X
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X20951435
Status	Udgivet - jan. 2022

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