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Subordinate'S Trust In The Supervisor And Its Impact On Organizational Effectiveness

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  • Bilal Afsar

    (Department of Management Sciences, Hazara University- Pakistan.)

  • Bilal Bin Saeed

    (Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Abbottabad- Pakistan.)

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This study tested a model of trust-in-supervisor that included propensity to trust and supervisor attributes (i.e., ability, benevolence, and integrity) as antecedents, and affective organizational commitment and helping intention as criterion outcomes. A field survey using a structured questionnaire was used to gather data from 255 white-collar employees from diverse occupations and organizations. Path analysis results showed that supervisor ability, benevolence, and integrity as well as employees' propensity to trust were positively associated with trust-in-supervisor. Trustin- supervisor, in turn, predicted employees' affective organizational commitment but did not have any influence on their willingness to help co-workers. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are discussed. Classification- JEL:

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  • Bilal Afsar & Bilal Bin Saeed, 2011. "Subordinate'S Trust In The Supervisor And Its Impact On Organizational Effectiveness," Portuguese Journal of Management Studies, ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, vol. 0(1), pages 13-28.
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