SUBORDINATE-SUPERVISOR DEMOGRAPHIC AND PERCEIVED VALUESIMILARITY: RELATIONSHIPS TO SUBORDINATE PERCEPTIONS OFORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICEby CHARLES LEVI WELLS, IVMay 2013Advisor:SebastianoFisicaro, Ph.DMajor: Psychology (Industrial/Organizational)Degree: Doctor of PhilosophyThe purpose of this study was to examine the empirical relationship between subordinate-...

The first line supervisor has been identified as having a critical role in the management of safety. This paper presents the results of a study that investigated the attitudes, behaviours and skills that influences of their subordinates level of safety. The majority of supervisors indicated that they had positive safety management attitudes and that they displayed high levels of positive safety...

We examined the effects of co-worker and supervisor support on job stress and presenteeism in an aging workforce. Structural equation modelling was used to evaluate data from the 2010 wave of the Health and Retirement Survey in the United States (n = 1649). The level of presenteeism was low and the level of job stress was moderate among aging US workers. SEM revealed that co-worker support and ...

introduction : students’ satisfaction of their supervisor is very important in the process of writing a thesis; while satisfaction is present, favorable outcomes could be expected. this study compared graduate students’ satisfaction of their supervisors from various departments. materials and methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 2013, 90 graduate students who had ente...

Dear Editor, The relationship between the PhD supervisorand the PhD student is a complex one. Whenthis relationship is neither effective nor efficient,it may yield negative consequences, such asacademic failure (1).The intricacy of the supervisor-studentrelationship may be in part comparable to the onebetween the physician and his/her patient [see,for example (2)]. Both interactions develop ove...

Acknowledgments I would like to thank my supervisor, Professor David Horn, for the patient guidance, encouragement and advice he has provided throughout my thesis as his student. I have been lucky to have a supervisor who cared so much about my work. listening commenting and contributing ideas. Also, I wish to thanks my parents, for their love and support. And last but definitely not least, I w...

Purpose Drawing on job demands-resources (JD-R) theory, this study aims to develop a model of how work engagement mediates the relationship between supervisor support and affective commitment, with religiosity moderating engagement. This further tests moderated-mediation exploring relationships support, religiosity, commitment within unique institutional context where religious values beliefs s...

OBJECTIVE To examine relationships of work and individual protective factors to health outcomes. METHODS Participants from 2 corporate samples completed measures of supervisor support, hardiness, coping, global stress, and symptoms of illness. RESULTS Regression analyses indicated that higher scores on hardiness and approach coping and being male predicted lower scores on stress and symptom...