Data from 503 subordinates and the corresponding bosses of a group of 94 first-level managers were used to test the hypotheses that different managerial behaviors are related to subordinate satisfaction and bosses' rating of performance. The results indicate that a manager's consideration and structuring behavior are related to subordinate satisfaction, whereas structuring was the only behavior related to higher performance ratings from bosses.
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