The Influence of Project Manager's Temporal Perspectives on Employee Perceptions of Organizational Climate: A Preliminary Study

• Autorzy: Joanna Małgorzata Michalak
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the potential infl uence that the temporal per-spectives of project managers have on their employees evaluation of the organizational climate. The researcher posits that employees will have a highly positive perception of their organizational climate when their managers demonstrate a time orientation toward the future rather than the present or the past.Method: The research was conducted using two self-administered online questionnaires. Project managers were asked to complete the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) while their project team members were asked to complete a Positive Organizational Climate survey. Data was collected from 79 project teams members and 17 project managers from two companies in the consulting sector in Poland.Findings: Project teams with Future Time Orientated managers have signifi cantly higher Posi-tive Organizational Climate ratings than teams managed by either Present or Past Oriented project managers.Implications/limitations either for further research, for practice, or for society: Though the study is limited both by the small number of participants and the very specific features of the selected sample of project managers it provides useful guidance to senior management in understanding how their choice of project managers may infl uence project member attitudes toward the organization.Originality/value of the paper: This study is the fi rst to examine the concept of the Individual Temporal Perspective's infl uence on employee perceptions of organizational climate, signifi cantly contributing to the literature in organizational behavior studies.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Organizational climate; Project manager; Organization of the future; Effectiveness evaluation

PL

Klimat organizacyjny; Kierownik projektu; Organizacja przyszłości; Ocena efektywności

• Czasopismo: Journal of Positive Management
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 10
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 45--58

Twórcy

autor

Joanna Małgorzata Michalak

• University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

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DOI

10.12775/JPM.2019.009