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Abstract
In 49 US. Army squads, we correlated self-reported job involvement of squad leaders (SLs) and their squad members (SMs) at different times. The correla- tions were higher at the end (Time 2) than at the beginning (Time 1) of a 3V2-month period of combat training. At Time 1 and at Time 2, the correlation was higher in squads in which SMs and their SL had been assigned together for a longer as opposed to a shorter period. The pattern was not observed with five scales that measured judgments on matters presumed to be less personally relevant to respondents than was job involvement. SMs' retention of job in- volvement over time was predictable based on their SL's job involvement at Time 1 and also based on their rating of their SL's leadership at Time 1.
