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An Investigation Of The Perceived Leadership Behavior Of First-Line Supervisors In Selected Manufacturing Plants, Robert Edward Holmes Jan 1971

An Investigation Of The Perceived Leadership Behavior Of First-Line Supervisors In Selected Manufacturing Plants, Robert Edward Holmes

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The first-line supervisor appears to be caught in a dilemma between the demands of his superior and the needs of his subordinates. This study focuses on the dilemma by describing and analyzing the leadership behavior of most and least effective first-line supervisors as perceived by superiors, subordinates, and by the supervisors themselves.

Two basic dimensions of leadership behavior, power-structure and consideration-sensitivity, were investigated by using a leadership rating questionnaire. Participating plants, listed in the Directory of Arkansas Industries, were twenty-three small manufacturers employing five or more production supervisors and 100 to 500 production workers. Participants in each plant were the …