AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-RATING AND RATING-BY-SUBORDINATES OF SUPERVISORY BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

This study was aimed at investigating the relationship between self-rating and rating-by-subordinates of supervisors' behavior, and as a result, the following fact were found.
1. There is a cognitive discrepancy between self-rating and rating-by-subordinates.
2. As a result of examination of the correlations between self-rating and rating-by-subordinates, enterprise-by-enterprise and job-by-job differences were found only in the P fuction, thereby indicating the existence of its relationship with organizational traits.
3. The degree of first line supervisors' satisfaction with job was found to be related to P scores in self-rating and M scores of their superior supervisors (the second line supervisors). However, no significant correlations were found between these two.
4. The scores of “Favorableness for Leader” supervisors feel toward their subordinates group were found to be related to M scores in self-rating and P and M scores in rating by superior supervisors.
From the above analysis, no evidence was found to substantiate that the criterion-related validity of self-rating was high enough, but it was concluded that self-rating and rating-by-subordinates constituted different leadership space.