Measuring Managers' Minds: A Critical Reply to Robey and Taggart

Recent interest in studying “managerial cognitive styles” has led to the development and use of a variety of instruments. This paper discusses the importance of instrument description, classification, and evaluation by taking issue with several points made by Robey and Taggart (1981) in a recent issue of the Academy of Management Review. Recommendations also are made concerning those criteria that are critical in the development and/for evaluation of cognitive style instruments.

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