Supervisory Factors Related to Three Criteria of Organizational Effectiveness.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify supervisory factors and to examine the relationships between these factors and organizational effectiveness. Data was collected at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona by the Leadership and Management Development Center (LMDC) using survey instruments. The survey instruments were the Organizational Assessment Package (OAP) that LMDC uses in their management consultation services and a new Comprehensive Supervisory Inventory. Factor analysis was used to extract the following supervisory factors: Factor I Supervisory Assistance and Management Ability, Factor II - Consideration, Factor III - Task Oriented, and Factor IV - Over-Control. The first factor was from the OAP's Supervisory Inventory and the others were from the Comprehensive Supervisory Inventory. The relationships between the supervisory factors and the organizational effectiveness criteria of perceived productivity, organizational climate, and job satisfaction were examined via regression analysis. Factor I was statistically significant in explaining the variance in all three criteria and in fact accounted for most of the variance explained by the four supervisory factors. Factor II and Factor IV were each statistically significant in explaining the variance in two of the criteria. Factor III was not statistically significant in explaining the variance in either of the criteria. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA103545
Entities
People
- Howard T. Davis Jr
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology