Browsing by Subject "identifioituminen"

The aim of this study is to investigate how business leaders and supervisors experience about identifying their own role and what kind of role expectations they experience that their subordinates set to them. I also define concepts of leaders and supervisors. The main concepts that I define are identity, identification, role and role expectations. I also outline about how subordinates can set expectations to leaders and supervisors. This study is qualitative study and I have used content analysis as analysis method. The data is collected through interviews. I interviewed four business leaders who are also supervisors and have subordinates.The main results in this study are that the experience act as leader or superior can explain through power and responsibility. Also belonging part of team can explain experience about social identity. Some of the interviewees emphasized their team being distinct as positive way from others which may refer to need of positive identity. All interviewees experienced that they have grown up into their role and most of them experienced that their role has changed through time. Also most of interviewees experienced that their work role can occur outside work context which may refer about importance of their role. All interviewees experienced that their subordinates set role expectations for them regarding development, clarity, action and responsibility. It is interesting to consider about the question that are those experienced role expectations actually the same as their subordinates think.