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Relationship between GLOBE organizational culture dimensions, job satisfaction and leader-member exchange in Serbian organizations

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationships between GLOBE organizational culture dimensions, facets of job satisfaction and the leader-member exchange relation in Serbian organizations. One of the most important aspects of this study was the demonstration of the utility of applying more general cultural theory to the study of organizational cultures. The sample consists of 256 middle managers in Serbian organizations. The results obtained proved that organizational culture dimensions are significant predictors of all facets of job satisfaction and that relations between some organizational culture dimensions and facets of job satisfaction are moderated by the leader-member exchange (LMX) variable. Our results may be of interest for human resource managers in Serbian organizations as well as for foreign investors.

Job Satisfaction of Men And Women Employed in Manufacturing Sector and Education in Serbia

Abstract This paper presents the results of the research on job satisfaction of men and women employed in manufacturing sector and in education sectors in Serbia. The surveys were conducted in Serbian enterprises, as well as in Serbian primary schools. In the first survey, the data were obtained by questioning N1=256 middle managers, from 131 companies in Serbia. The sample comprised 136 men and 120 women. In the second survey, the data were obtained by questioning N2=362 teachers, from 57 primary schools in Serbia. The sample included 250 women and 112 men. T-test was used for statistical analysis. Specifically, three t-tests were used for the following groups of data: job satisfaction in industrial sector and job satisfaction in education; job satisfaction of men in manufacturing sector and job satisfaction of women in manufacturing sector; job satisfaction of men in education and job satisfaction of women in education. The main conclusions are as follows: employee job satisfaction is higher in education than in industrial sector; job satisfaction in industrial sector is higher for men than for women; job satisfaction in education is slightly higher for women than for men. Rezime Ovaj rad predstavlja rezultate istraživanja, na temu zadovoljstva poslom muškaraca i žena zaposlenih u privredi i obrazovanju u Srbiji. Istraživanja su sprovedena u srpskim preduzecima i osnovnim školama. U prvom istraživanju, podaci su dobijeni ispitivanjem N1 = 256 menadžera na srednjem nivou, iz 131 kompanije u Srbiji. Uzorak je sacinjen od 136 muškaraca i 120 žena. U drugom istraživanju, podaci su dobijeni ispitivanjem N2 = 362 nastavna radnika, iz 57 osnovnih škola u Srbiji. Ovaj uzorak sastojao se od 250 žena i 112 muškaraca. T-test je upotrebljen za statisticku analizu. Tacnije, tri t-testa su upotrebljena za sledece grupe podataka: zadovoljstvo poslom u privredi i zadovoljstvo poslom u obrazovanju; zadovoljstvo poslom muškaraca u privredi i zadovoljstvo poslom žena u privredi; zadovoljstvo poslom muškaraca u obrazovanju i zadovoljstvo poslom žena u obrazovanju. Najvažniji zakljucci, do kojih smo došli, su sledeci: zadovoljstvo poslom je vece u obrazovanju nego u privredi; zadovoljstvo poslom u privredi je vece kod muškaraca nego kod žena; zadovoljstvo poslom u obrazovanju je nešto vece kod žena nego kod muškaraca.

The impact of leaders' ethical behavior on certain individual and organizational effects: the Serbian case

This paper presents the results of research into the influence of ethical leadership behavior on certain individual and organizational effects in Serbian companies. Specifically, the study involves the examination of the impact of ethical leadership on job satisfaction, organizational commitment and financial performance. Job satisfaction and organizational commitment are viewed as individual effects and financial performance as organizational effects. In addition, we examined the moderating effect of professional respect and confidence in the actions of management on the observed relations. The data were obtained by using questionnaires completed by 380 middle managers from 102 companies in Serbia. The main conclusions of the study are: 1. Ethical leadership behavior has a stronger positive impact on individual effects rather than on organizational effects. 2. Both moderators show a similar operating direction of moderation: in unfavorable conditions, ethical leadership behavior has a much higher impact on the observed effects. Practically, in adverse circumstances, employees may have less tolerance for the unethical behavior of their leader.

The relationships between communication satisfaction, emotional intelligence and the GLOBE organizational culture dimensions of middle managers in Serbian organizations

The focus of this paper is the relationship between internal communication satisfaction and emotional intelligence. Moreover, we also investigated the impact of the GLOBE organizational culture dimensions as moderators of the relationship between the emotional intelligence of middle managers and their communication satisfaction in Serbian organizations. We show that some communication satisfaction dimensions strongly correlate with some emotional intelligence abilities of middle managers and that these correlations are under the moderating influence of the GLOBE dimensions. With these managers will be able to identify the components of emotional intelligence and GLOBE organizational culture dimensions that are vital for them and their organizations.