The Consequences of Supervisory Power–The Contingent Effect of Age and Length of Service
Author : Kim Lian Lee, lr. Low Guan Tui
Abstract
The superiors’ power bases on work autonomy and satisfaction with  supervision in Malaysian manufacturing companies was investigated.  The  influence of superiors and subordinates age and length of service were  also explored.  210 data was collected from technical staff of  manufacturing companies indicated that supervision of industrial people  were most acceptable through the exercise of referent power, expert  power and reward power.  Among the power bases, reward power was most  often exercised when the work autonomy is high.  The work autonomy was  found to be positively associated with the satisfaction with  supervision.  The perception of expertise was found to be associated  more with superior and subordinate age differential rather than their  length of service.
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