The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between the perceived
leadership style, employee participation, and positive psychology functioning. Such
functioning includes a sense of coherence, engagement in work and avoiding burnout.
The Leader Behavior Descriptive Questionnaire, the Employee Participation Survey, the
Orientation to Life Questionnaire the Utrecht Work Engagement Survey and Maslash
Burnout Inventory General Survey were applied to a sample of 200 permanent
employees of the manufacturing.
The results indicate significant relationships between all the variables and the way in
which employee participation is predicted by perceived leadership style, sense of
coherence, and work engagement. Significant differences were found between
perceived leadership style and educational levels, and functional department; employee
participation and educational level, and functional department; sense of coherence and
educational level; work engagement and age, and educational level; burnout and age,
and educational level.The study has contributed valuable new knowledge that may be used to inform human
resources practitioners and psychologist in the development and coaching of leaders
and employees in manufacturing companies. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Admin (Industrial & Organisational Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/4757 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Monga, Jeremy Mitonga |
| Contributors | Cilliers, Frans |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xvii, 254 leaves) |
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