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Interpersonal Style Orientation of Supervisors in Engineering Organizations in India


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This paper deals with interpersonal orientation of supervisors in Indian public and private sector companies in the manufacturing/ engineering sector. Supervisors are the intermediate category of employees between workers and managers in India. One fundamental assumption transactional analysis makes is that everybody displays functional and dysfunctional styles, only the intensity varies from person to person. Another fundamental assumption this study starts with is that functional styles contribute towards the overall effectiveness of people working in organizations. The findings make a case for re-examination of deployment of supervisors in organizations in public or private sectors. The study makes a comparison of supervisors between public and private sectors.
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Ashish Sinha
School of Management, Doon University, Dehradun, India

Abstract


This paper deals with interpersonal orientation of supervisors in Indian public and private sector companies in the manufacturing/ engineering sector. Supervisors are the intermediate category of employees between workers and managers in India. One fundamental assumption transactional analysis makes is that everybody displays functional and dysfunctional styles, only the intensity varies from person to person. Another fundamental assumption this study starts with is that functional styles contribute towards the overall effectiveness of people working in organizations. The findings make a case for re-examination of deployment of supervisors in organizations in public or private sectors. The study makes a comparison of supervisors between public and private sectors.

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