EFFECTS OF SUBORDINATE AUTHORITARIANISM AND JOB CHARACTERISTICS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP AND SUBORDINATE MORALE

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of authoritarianism and job characteristics for subordinate on the relationship between participation leadership behavior and subordinate morale. Data was collected from 120 employees of a machine shop and 158 employees of a local public organization.The main results were as follows:(1) When subordinate had high authortariianism, a negative relationship was found between participation leadership behavior and subordinate morale.(2) When subordinate having high authoritarianism worked on the job low in variety, a negative relationship was found between participation leadership behavior and subordinate morale. But when subordinate having high authoritanism worked on the job high in variety, a positive relationship was found between these two. As for subordinate having low authoritarianism, the relationship between participation leadership behavior and subordinate morale was not moderated by job variety.