Superior-Subordinate Relationships: Communication Style, Leader-Member Exchange Status, and Communication Satisfaction
type: CreativeWork
description: This study sought to determine if subordinates' and superiors' communication style orientation similarity contributed to subordinates' Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) status and communicatiaon satisfaction. Twenty-three superiors and 93 subordinates completed a survey; subordinates' and superiors' style orientations, and subordinates' LMX status and communication satisfaction were assessed. The importance of perceived and true relational-orientation similarity between subordinates and superiors was prevalent. Relational-orientation similarity contributed to subordinates' LMC status and communication satisfaction. Training may help ensure subordinates share at least partial style similarity with their superiors. Subordinates' communication satisfaction appears to display a curvilinear relationship with tenure, with most urgent intervention apparently needed by subordinates with 6 to 10 years' tenure.
abstract: This study sought to determine if subordinates' and superiors' communication style orientation similarity contributed to subordinates' Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) status and communicatiaon satisfaction. Twenty-three superiors and 93 subordinates completed a survey; subordinates' and superiors' style orientations, and subordinates' LMX status and communication satisfaction were assessed. The importance of perceived and true relational-orientation similarity between subordinates and superiors was prevalent. Relational-orientation similarity contributed to subordinates' LMC status and communication satisfaction. Training may help ensure subordinates share at least partial style similarity with their superiors. Subordinates' communication satisfaction appears to display a curvilinear relationship with tenure, with most urgent intervention apparently needed by subordinates with 6 to 10 years' tenure.
author: Novacek, Catherine Anne
keywords: Communication
date published: 1996-05-01T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:16:06Z
provider: Missouri State University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Missouri State University