Friday, February 4, 2011

Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Moral Reasoning in Military Officers

"Military operations often entail sleep deprivation. Such operations also involve a multitude of moral judgments, ranging from managerial decisions to extremely difficult choices, such as whether to attack insurgents in a setting surrounded by civilians. Great importance is therefore assigned to morals in military operational and leadership doctrines as well as in contemporary leadership theory. In the wake of moral scandals such as Enron and the Abu Grahib prison abuse scandal in Iraq, leadership research has shown increasing interest in contextual antecedents of leaders’ moral behavior. Based on observations, it has been reported that sleep deprivation appears to foster laissez-faire leadership."

Read the report here.

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