Administration in Social Work, 32(4), 2008, pp.23-38.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
Data from a questionnaire survey of 445 Finnish participants (including 44 managers) are used to examine how the views of subordinates about leadership are related to estimates of organisational effectiveness in the social welfare sector. The results show that the quality of leadership is correlated with the quality of the activity in the work community as estimated by subordinates. By comparing...
Data from a questionnaire survey of 445 Finnish participants (including 44 managers) are used to examine how the views of subordinates about leadership are related to estimates of organisational effectiveness in the social welfare sector. The results show that the quality of leadership is correlated with the quality of the activity in the work community as estimated by subordinates. By comparing subordinates’ estimates with those of managers themselves, three groups of leaders were identified: under-estimators; accurate estimators and over-estimators. Accurate estimating and over-estimating by managers of their own leadership abilities were related to good evaluations of work activities by subordinates. The results show that there connections between the quality of performance of the working community and the actions of managers, as well as their self-assessment abilities. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Subject terms:
leadership, managers, performance evaluation, social services, staff, surveys;