Relations between leadership, size, and subordinate satisfaction in a voluntary organization

Abstract

Examined relationships between leadership, unit size, and subordinate satisfaction in 60 chapters of a nationwide, undergraduate, business fraternity. Chapter members completed questionnaires assessing satisfaction with work, supervision, and co-workers and described their presidents in terms of consideration and initiating structure. Chapter presidents completed questionnaires assessing their lateral orientation, that is, their willingness to develop relations with external units. Responses of individual members were averaged across each chapter to provide an N of 60 for analysis. Simple bivariate relationships indicated that consideration and structure displayed some significant positive correlations with satisfaction, while lateral orientation and size displayed some significant negative correlations. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that initiating structure and lateral orientation were the predictors contributing significant variance and that the leadership * size interactions were significant when predicting some aspects of satisfaction. (18 ref) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)