A multidisciplinary program of leadership research was initiated at Ohio State in 1945. Leader behavior in organizations was the principal thrust with relationships shown to other sets of variables. The program had its roots in occupational research performed on a wide scale in the U.S. Department of Labor and the War Manpower Commission beginning in 1934.
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