Participative Management and Job Satisfaction
8 Pages Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Date Written: August 22, 2014
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of participative management style on job satisfaction of the employees. Based on the review of existing literature, a model linking manager’s participative management style, participation in strategic planning process, supervisor communication and job satisfaction was tested with the help of data collected from 86 (n=86) faculty members of universities in Islamabad. The result of correlation analysis reveals significant relationship between all the predictor variables and outcome variable. Regression results indicate that effective supervisory communication is a major cause of job satisfaction in the context of participative management. The study implies that in order to improve faculty satisfaction, the administrators in higher education sector should replace traditional authoritative command structures with participative management style.
Keywords: Participative Management, Job Satisfaction, Supervisory Communication
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