Organizational Social Effectiveness: An Annotated Bibliography

Due to an increased emphasis in the Army to improve leader development, an annotated bibliography was compiled to provide readers an introduction to a body of research on concepts related to organizational social effectiveness. An interdisciplinary literature search for articles on impression management, self-monitoring, social intelligence, social effectiveness, social competence, and political skill resulted in 120 articles selected for inclusion in this bibliography. References to each article are provided with a brief summary of the purpose and central conclusions. The list is divided into two sections, empirical articles, which report on work conducted for the purpose of exploring the construct and its function and relationship with other variables, and measurement and construct development articles, which consist of conceptual discussions and scale development articles. We discuss the relevance of organizational social effectiveness, particularly in regard the concepts investigated, to Army leaders in specific roles (e.g. advisors) and the Army's leadership model in general.