• Corpus ID: 22762313

EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPERVISOR ’ S LEADERSHIP AND SUBORDINATES ’ PERFORMANCE

@inproceedings{Thisera2013EXPLORINGTR,
  title={EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPERVISOR ’ S LEADERSHIP AND SUBORDINATES ’ PERFORMANCE},
  author={T. Thisera},
  year={2013}
}

• T. Thisera
• Published 2013

Employee performance is one of the major determinants of organizational success. It is affected by many factors arising within and outside of the organizational context. Supervisor-subordinate relationship is the primary relationship articulated by the organization and supervisor’s role is very critical in an employee’s immediate working environment. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between supervisor’s leadership and job performance of subordinates; compare immediate male and female supervisors’ leadership styles Accordingly the independent variable of the study was supervisor’s leadership style whereas the job performance was the dependent variable. Democratic and autocratic leadership styles were considered as the dimensions of the independent variable and quantity and quality of work, accidents, co-operation, attendance and work related attitudes were taken as dimensions under the job performance. Data were gathered through a structured questionnaire from a sample of 138 females respondents working in operational level employees and the study was done in four selected apparel sector organizations. Data were analyzed by using the statistical test of independent sample t-test, correlation analysis and mean value analysis under descriptive statistical tools. According to statistical results, researcher found that there is a strong relationship between leadership and job performance of subordinates. Mean value analysis revealed that male supervisors are more autocratic while appearing more democratic leadership style by female supervisors. Finally in the conclusion practical and theoretical significance of the study is discussed.