Perceptions of subordinates and requests for support

Article Abstract:

The superiors' perceptions of the competence of subordinates regarding communicative abilities for support requesting situations is examined based on the effects of biological sex and role orientation. Perceived to be more competent when asking for support were the female subordinates. This perception held true regardless of the superiors' biological sex. However, no distinct variations in communicative competence based on the biological sex or psychological gender of the subordinates was perceived by their superiors. The study also involved the completion of a Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ) by the 137 middle level managers who participated in the study. The PAQ supplied the operational means for psychological gender constructs.

Social aspects, Labor relations, Sex role, Sex roles, Organizational research

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Social network analysis as intervention tool: examples from the field

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The application of network analysis as an intervention tool is relatively new in most organizations. Empirical studies and their analyses are gaining in popularity, however. The basic data of social networks are defined as sets of contracts linking individuals that may represent 'adjacent matrixes'. The technique of blockmodeling permits searches for groups of individuals with similar networks. An advantage of this technique is the simplicity of manipulation and explanation. Six case studies in the US are discussed. Three diagnostic functions are structural diagnosis, coalition identification, and analysis of intergroup relations.

Methods, Analysis, Network analysis (Planning), Associations, institutions, etc., Associations

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Job stress and the buffering effect of supervisory support

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Ninety-six employed undergraduate and graduate business students were surveyed in order to determine the buffering effect of supervisory support on the connection between job dissatisfaction and job stress. Research results indicate that supervisory support provides a stress buffer only for those employees who are relationship-directed, as determined by Fiedler's (1967) scale of esteem for least preferred co-worker.

Job stress, Organizational behavior, Supervision of employees, Employee supervision

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