Bases of Power and Subordinates’ Satisfaction with Supervision - The Contingent Effect of Educational Orientation

Lee, Kim Lian; Gading, Jalan Menara

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“…The positive relationship between expert power and intention to commit a crime of obedience indicated that expert power is not used effectively in government academic organizations of Pakistan. Positive impact on team productivity can be observed if expert power is to be used effectively (Lee, 2008). Results indicated that respondents provide the high mean value of expert power variable but the same time, they show more intentions to obey leader's immoral demand.…”

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“…Luthans (2011) stated that before exercise the expert power, followers must perceive the power-holders as honest, relevant and credible. Expert power has an importance for acceptance the supervisor direction among technical staff (Lee, 2008). The ability to persuade others based on admiration, respect, loyalty and affection is referent power (Craig and Dauglas, 2006).…”

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Power and Crime of Obedience in Education Department-an Empirical Study of Pakistan

Yar

Jabeen

Ziaullah

2017

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of power on a follower’s willingness to commit a crime of obedience by complying with a leader’s unethical request in organizations of Pakistan. Both variables were of considerable importance in the literature of Management. The Research framework consists of five hypotheses. Data was collected with a survey from 150 employees of Education Department of Pakistan. Multiple Regression analyses were conducted to investigate the proposed model. The results indicate that power is an important component in obedience to authority. Findings suggest that all five FrenchRaven bases of power are positively related with an intention to commit a crime of obedience. Results are discussed in relation to research on obedience to authority. When power is used by authority, individuals may obey in ways which are destructive and against their personal, moral values. The study has the wide scope for its implementation. On the basis of research findings, the government can modify their policies to get rid of the crime of obedience in the educational sector of Pakistan.

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Section: Expert Power and Intention To Commit A Crimementioning

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Power and Crime of Obedience in Education Department-an Empirical Study of Pakistan

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Jabeen

Ziaullah

2017

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“…This theoretical framework was developed from literature and findings of different studies. It was basically based on Lee, and Low (2008) power bases and job satisfaction theoretical framework. The model shows that six power bases are related to job satisfaction.…”

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“…However, studies on power bases and job satisfaction have shown mixed results. Afza, (2005) and Lee and Low (2008) for example, revealed that referent power, expert power and reward power showed a positive relationship with satisfaction (Ogunleye, Odebiyi, & Olaoye, 2013). On the other hand, Nedaee, Alavi, K. and Ramezani (2012) suggested that no significant relationship was obtained between the two variables.…”

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Nexus of School Principals’ Power Bases and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Secondary Schools

Gebreegziabher¹

2019

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ground of the Study Power has been a debate of many scholars in the field of management, organizational behavior since 1959 and has been practiced in different geographical settings. As a result, different conceptualization and definitions have been given by several philosophers, politicians, and scholars for the last decades. Scholars classify this flexible concept in many ways. One concise way to classify the different sources of a person's power is to classify as either primarily personal or organizational (Goethals, Sorenson & Burns, 2004). Besides, French and Raven also classify power bases as reward, legitimate, coercive, information, expert and referent power. A manager's reward power, coercive power, information power and legitimate power would be more strongly derived from the organization, while expert and referent power would be more personally based. All the above source of powers plays an important role in influencing teachers' job satisfaction (Afza, 2005; Lee & Low, 2008; Nedaee, Alavi, & Ramezani, 2012). `Therefore, understanding how power affects teachers' job satisfaction and student achievement will allow school principals to change or maintain their power bases and to achieve desirable outcomes. Job satisfaction on the other hand, equally plays a great role to produce knowledgeable, skilled and competent students in educational sectors. Similar to power, it has been an issue of concern for many researchers in the past, mostly because of its link with significant organizational phenomena, such as turnover, absenteeism, productivity, career mobility and organizational effectiveness (Nguni, Sleegers & Denessen, 2006). As indicated by Spetor (2006), job satisfaction is the most repeatedly inspected variable (Spector, 2008). It has been treated regularly because attitudes and emotional state affect the employees' behavior and, thus, possibly lead to the organization's successes or failures. Therefore, improving the performance of schools will not yield any result if teacher's job satisfaction is ignored. This is because satisfied employees perform better and become more efficient and productive since they are likely to be absent less, show less job stress, stay at work longer. Therefore, examining the nexus between principals' power bases and teachers' job satisfaction is important and timely. 1.2. Problem Statement School principals as educational leaders are required to mobilize the abilities and efforts of the teaching staff to provide an effective educational program. To accomplish this, school principals should have the power to fulfill teachers' job satisfaction and organizational outcomes (Bal, et al., 2008).For this reason, school principals need to understand how power is acquired, know how and when to use it, and be able to anticipate its probable effects. As indicated by Nelson and Quick (2012), the concepts of power and leadership are closely linked. Leaders use power as a means of attaining group goals. In addition, by understanding how power functions in organizations, principals will...

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“…Literature shows that leadership style affects job performance and job satisfaction. For instance, employees who are generally over-controlled by the supervisor and are recipients of penalties and warnings rather than coaching and feedback, generally feel low job satisfaction (Lee, 2008). Therefore, in this study, the direct effect of leadership style is investigated in the context of Jordanian audit firms, where the hypotheses proposed for testing in this relationship state;…”

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An Examination the Factors Influence on Unethical Behaviour among Jordanian external auditors: Job Satisfaction as a mediator

Shbiel¹

2016

IJARAFMS

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In the past several years, the auditors' unethical behaviour has been increasingly highlighted. This is particularly true following the Enron collapse that heralded that the demise of Arthur Andersen LLP and downgraded the confidence of the public on the whole accounting system and firms. The negative publicity stemming from the professional auditing firms with regards to the execution of an efficient audit led efficient auditing, and the reasons and causes behind negative behaviours should be highlighted to eliminate them. This is particularly important as there is a high likelihood of another Enron waiting to happen. Therefore, in this paper, some of the factors influencing the inclination towards engaging in unethical behaviours among Jordanian external auditors were examined. According to recent studies, dysfunctional audit behaviour is an expansive issue and studies to dedicated to the topic has yet to sufficiently shed an insight into the causes/determinants of deviant behaviour among auditors (Donnelly et al., 2011). The present study developed and tested a theoretical model that identifies locus of control, time pressure, and leadership style and job satisfaction as determinants of attitude towards DAB through a path analysis method.

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Bases of Power and Subordinates’ Satisfaction with Supervision - The Contingent Effect of Educational Orientation

Cited by 5 publications

References 114 publications

Power and Crime of Obedience in Education Department-an Empirical Study of Pakistan

Power and Crime of Obedience in Education Department-an Empirical Study of Pakistan

Nexus of School Principals’ Power Bases and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Secondary Schools

An Examination the Factors Influence on Unethical Behaviour among Jordanian external auditors: Job Satisfaction as a mediator

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