The Application of Supervisory Training: The Effects of Subordinate Support Training and Supervisory Locus-of-Control on Initiation of Structure and Consideration

This field experiment tested the idea that the relationship between the work group and the trained supervisor may affect the use of supervisory training concepts in the work setting. Two groups of first-line supervisors, scoring either internal or external locus of control, from a street maintenance division of a large city organization, were randomly assigned to groups in which their subordinates either received 6 hours of training in change and group dynamics called Subordinate Awareness Training (SAT) or did not receive such training. The resulting two-by-two factorial design supported the hypothesis that supervisors with an internal locus of control and whose subordinates had participated in awareness training would increase initiation of structure and consideration more than other groups.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Business Administration

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• May, Charlene Rose

• Business Administration, Management

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8711248

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77468