DO SUPERVISORS AND SUBORDINATES SEE EYE-TO-EYE ON JOB-ENRICHMENT

The Social Information Processing Model states that employees' percept ions of their job characteristics are influenced in part by others (e. g., supervisors). This study compared supervisors' and their subordina tes' perceptions of the subordinates' job enrichment. The convergence of these perceptions were then examined in relation to the subordinate s' job satisfaction, performance, and organizational commitment. Fifty -two supervisor-subordinate pairs from an university in the northeaste rn United States were the subjects in this study. Results indicted tha t: (1) supervisors and their subordinates perceive subordinates' job c haracteristics differently, and (2) the supervisors' perceptions have limited relationships with critical work outcomes. Implications of the se findings are discussed.