| The purpose of this modified- Delphi study was to explore 10 federal leaders (veterans, active duty, retired, or civil service employees) who have served in combat, have previously supervised, or are currently supervising federal employees who have been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) according to the DSM-IV or ICD-10 standards. According to the Veterans Administration, an influx of over 500,000 soldiers has served in overseas operations and are returning to the workforce. Many of these employees have been diagnosed with PTSD and may endure negative experiences in the work place because of certain leadership styles exhibited by federal leaders. The focus of the Delphi study was to determine an effective leadership theory for leading employees with PTSD from a consensus of the 10 panelists from a 3 round iteration of questioning. The modification to the Delphi was the Interview protocol in Round 1 of the study. The study examined the leadership style and theory of 10 federal leaders from various occupations within the federal government with 17 to 37 years of federal service. The data from the research was analyzed using the NVIVO10 software program to identify common nodes, themes, and patterns of the data. NVivo was used to determine two leadership theories dominant to the study: situational, and transformational. The expert panelists in this study reached a 94% consensus concerning the situational leadership theory being most effective for leading employees with PTSD. |
