Impacts of management styles on the relations between supervisor needs and leadership patterns

Abstract

The needs for both independence and benevolence of 60 supervisors were assessed with the Survey of Interpersonal Values. Supervisor Independence Need × Structure Correlation was significant when manager structure was low; Supervisor Benevolence Need × Consideration Correlation was significant when manager consideration was high. Manager structure exerted more influence on supervisor structure for supervisors low in need for independence than for supervisors high in that need. (7 ref) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)