The LOQ instrument can help select supervisory and management employees, evaluate management training programs, assess managerial style for performance appraisal programs, and train new managers. This instrument provides a self-report measure of two important dimensions of supervisory leadership.

Percentile norms are provided for consideration and structure and include the following job classifications:

• General managerial personnel
• Presidents and vice presidents
• Accounting managers
• Bank/insurance managers
• Human resource managers
• Office managers
• Sales managers
• Administrators
• Administrative assistants
• Directors
• Accountants
• Computer programmers
• Engineers
• Nurses
• Clerical employees
• Secretaries
• College students

Validation studies have been conducted for the following jobs and the scores on the LOQ were found to be related to job performance, department/work group satisfaction, work group attitude and morale, productivity, and unit stress:

• Department managers
• First-line supervisors
• Chemical supervisors
• Hospital supervisors
• Nursing supervisors in hospitals
• Pharmaceutical company supervisors
• Sales supervisors

Dimensions of Measurement:

• Consideration - Degree of rapport, mutual trust, and two-way communication with subordinates.
• Structure - Tendency to initiate ideas, set standards, and plan or direct a group toward organizational goals.