TY - JOUR AU - Madlock, Paul PY - 2012/03/15 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Influence of Supervisors' Leadership Style On Telecommuters JF - Journal of Business Strategies JA - J Bus Strategies VL - 29 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.54155/jbs.29.1.1-24 UR - https://jbs-ojs-shsu.tdl.org/jbs/article/view/92 SP - 1-24 AB - <p>The purpose of the current study was to extend prior scholarship by examining<br>how employees who telecommute perceive their supervisor’s leadership style<br>and the subsequent outcomes. Specifically, the way in which leadership style influences<br>employees’ perceptions of their supervisors’ communication competence<br>and communication satisfaction with their supervisor. Employees’ job satisfaction<br>and organizational commitment was also assessed. Participants included 157 full<br>time telecommuters from a variety of organizations across the United States. The<br>findings suggest that supervisors in the virtual workplace engaged in task oriented<br>more than relational oriented leadership style. Also, task oriented leadership served<br>as the greatest predictor of the communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, and the<br>organizational commitment of telecommuters. Recommendations for practitioners<br>were also provided indicating that more might be done to enhance the task related<br>leadership competencies of supervisors in the virtual work setting.</p> ER -