SUPERVISORY BEHAVIOR AS A SOURCE OF PERCEIVED TASK SCOPE

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of intended supervisory behaviours on employee perceptions of task characteristics. The subjects were 29 firstline manufacturing supervisors and two employees of each supervisor. To measure intended supervisory behaviours, interviews were conducted with each supervisor, while perceptions of task characteristics were obtained by questionnaire from the subordinates. Results indicated a very high level of convergence between intended supervisory behaviours and employee perceptions of their tasks. Implications for future task design research are discussed. 1981 The British Psychological Society

authors

• Griffin, Ricky

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• GRIFFIN, R. W.

citation count

• 28

complete list of authors

• GRIFFIN, RW

publication date

• September 1981

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• n0305-8107ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Clinical Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1981.tb00057.x

start page

• 175

end page

• 182

volume

• 54

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.1981.tb00057.x