Open AccessThe Quality Of Leader/Employee Relationship
Author(s) -
F. J. Carstens,
Neil Barnes
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
sa journal of human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2071-078X
pISSN - 1683-7584
DOI - 10.4102/sajhrm.v4i2.92
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , business , accountability , set (abstract data type) , marketing , positive relationship , business administration , public relations , management , accounting , psychology , social psychology , political science , economics , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , law , programming language
This study set out to investigate what role the quality of the relationship between business leaders and their employees played in the performance of their business. The study compared the business performance of forty-five area managers in one of the major listed banks in South Africa with their specific leader/employee relationship profiles. The research approach was quantitative and of a correlational nature. The results indicate that although certain elements within the relationship between business leaders and employees indeed have an influence on business performance this alone was not a sufficient condition. The study suggested that the dimensions relating to vision, trust, accountability and decision- making have the strongest influence on business performance. Further research in this area is suggested