Preferences for forms of supervisory social influence
研究员工对上级影响方式的偏好与实际感知之间的差异，发现这种差异与对上级的满意度、群体内地位和上级关怀呈负相关，对理解领导力与动机有启发。
Abstract As part of a study of the predictive utility of employee preferences for forms of supervisory inducements, a sample of 236 administrators and first‐line supervisors provided survey data regarding their individual superiors. The respondents' statements of preferred forms of social influence from their superiors were statistically adjusted for the reported level of influence used in order to determine more precisely whether discrepancies between actual and preferred forms of influence could uniquely predict criterion variance. Results indicated that these adjusted discrepancy values were inversely correlated with satisfaction with supervision, ingroup status, and superior's considerate‐ness. These supportive results suggest that discrepancies between preferences for inducements and reported forms of influence may be an important ingredient in a fuller explanation of the phenomenon of motivation and leadership.