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Title: The Relationships Between Superleader Behaviors and Situational and Job Characteristics Variables: An Exploratory Study

Authors: David F. Elloy

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Abstract: This study examined the relationships between superleader behaviors (as described by Manz & Sims, 1990) and selected situational and job characteristics variables in self-managed work groups in a government-operated railway service. Based on a sample of 90 employees, the results indicated that in general, supervisors who are seen as trusting, encouraging innovative behaviors, fair, and who positively reinforce group members when they have performed their job well, contribute to the development of self-management leader behaviors of rehearsal, self-goal-setting, self-criticism, self-reinforcement, self-expectation and self-observation. In addition, fostering communication within the group, and allowing the group members to make work-related decisions, also enhances the movement toward self-management.

Keywords: Superleader behaviors; job characteristics variables; self-management; government railway service; leader behaviors.

DOI: 10.1504/JBM.1997.141037

Journal of Business and Management, 1997 Vol.5 No.1, pp.52 - 65

Published online: 05 Sep 2024 *