Research into interpersonal trust within organisational contexts tends to concentrate on managers as a referent, largely ignoring the potential social benefits of trust amongst co‐workers. Hence, the aim of this study is to investigate the influence of co‐worker trust on selected...

The research reported in this article is the study of the preferences for decision‐making responsibilities indicated by white‐collar workers of a mining company′s headquarters in Perth, Western Australia. The research methodology used a “specific situation” item questionnaire with the...

The study was conducted in the headquarters of a mining company in Perth, Western Australia. The findings suggest that the dissonance factor (perceived leadership style received versus preferred style) was higher for women than for men. Women, in fact, desired a more democratic style of...

Describes a study which was conducted within the state headquarters of a statutory body of the Australian Federal Government. It measured the level of perceived and desired autonomy people either received or wished for in decision making, level of job satisfaction and level of organizational...

This article presents a study of a sample of managers in industry and commerce in Western Australia. Part of the investigation was to research the difference that may exist between managers of “people” rather than managers of “things”. The results indicate that managers whose decisions...

Supervisors are key factors in staff motivation. Existing research is drawn on and the author's own questionnaire‐based study is described. The conclusions suggest what companies can do to improve morale and performance among staff.

This study was conducted in the headquarters of major local government organisation in Western Australia. The emphasis of the study was to measure the influence of six sources of social support on the job satisfaction and occupational stress of an individual. The research was conductedas...

Burnout of employees has been a major concern of researchers in management for a number of years. Much of the work, however, has tended to concentrate on professional people rather than employees with various level of skills. This present research studies the employees of a major local...

The findings are reported of a research study into certain personal organisational factors which may discriminate between two groups of employees, one which was categorised as plateaued and the other on‐plateaued. The respondents were drawn from a larger study of employees at the headquarters...

The influence of certain factors under the direct control of management and affecting the level of job satisfaction in the headquarters of a major local government in Western Australia are examined. It is concluded that those factors leading to conflict, whether internal (to the person) or...