Role Conflict between Supervisor and Subordinate

Abstract

One of the most important role conflicts with which organization members are concerned is when a supervisor does not agree with a direct subordinate about what the latter ought to do. It is therefore surprising that this type of role conflict has seldom been systematically studied. In order to gain insight into and be able to control the role conflict situation, it is important to know which Factors cause the role conflict between supervisor and subordinate and which factors are allowed by the subordinate to determine his role behaviour in such conflict. Empirical data have been collected on both issues, which will be presented after a review of the theoretical basis and the research done.

Citation

van de Vliert, E. (1976), "Role Conflict between Supervisor and Subordinate", Personnel Review, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 19-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055300