Relationships of Leader Behavior, Subordinate Role Ambiguity and Subordinate Job Satisfaction.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 December 1978
Enzo R. Valenzi, Gary Dessler
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Effects of three variables, role ambiguity, leader consideration, and leader initiating structure, on subordinate job satisfaction were investigated for 284 employees of two electronics firms. Usin...
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PsychologyBusiness, Management and Accounting
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