Jeff Whippo is a professional leader and educator with a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and a Doctorate in Business Administration. Being an expert in the field of Educational Psychology, he says that the motivation for individuals to move upward within the organization varies from person to person. He believes that there are many different reasons from the standpoints of psychology and socialization for individuals to want to lead others.
Jeff Whippo explains that there are six composites that John B. Miner identified as motivations to manage. These 6 components are: 1. Wanting to advancement
compete
for
recognition
and
2. Maintaining good relationships with authority figures 3. Being active and assertive 4. Wanting to exercise influence over subordinates 5. Being willing to do routine administrative tasks 6. Being visibly different from followers
Jeff Whippo says that in order to measure a person’s motivation to manage, Miner developed a projective test called Miner’s Sentence Completion Scale (MSCS). Jeff explains that this test is made up of incomplete sentences that are related to the six composites described above. For example, an incomplete sentence from the composite of “maintaining good relationships with authority figures” may be “My relationship with my direct supervisor…”
According to Jeff, when looking at Miner’s composites, it is fair to summarize that successful leaders would be those that Have the ability to maintain respect for authority Want to be recognized Act assertively Actively try to influence subordinates Maintain a psychological and emotional distance from their followers Have the ability to take on routine administrative tasks