Abstract
The supervisor has traditionally been portrayed as a "marginal" figure, standing between the workers and the management. He has also been at the centre of conflict in industrial relations. This study reveals, however, that the role of the supervisor is becoming more complex and varied than was pre viollsly the case. There are also considerable differences between "old-style" and "new-style" supervisors in their career orientations, role perceptions, assumptions about people and industrial attitudes. Changes in work and organi zation have generally raised the level of social and technical skills required by the contemporary serpervisor.
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