Transparency in organizations among the workers
Transparency
The global business world is going through varying degree of changes and the leaders, today, are facing the major dilema about the transparency they should maintain with the followers or co-workers. Today’s business environment is characterized by prominent examples of unethical practices and frequent mergers, acquisitions and downsizing, the followers ' trust in their organizational leaders has become an important issue. When we work for an organization, we want transparency in the workplace culture besides the need for job security and career advancement. Google Inc is a glowing example of transparency in the work culture. In the company, sharing information through weekly meeting …show more content…
Leadership in the high-involvement organization differs from traditional and control-oriented organization. Leaders external to the team have as one of their primary roles empowering group members and team themselves to self-lead and self manage. Leaders internal to the team are peer; they work alongside and simultaneously facilitate planning, organizing, directing, controlling and execution of the team’s work.
In a research study by Norman, Avolio and Luthans, “The impact of positivity and transparency on trust in leaders and their perceived effectiveness”, it is seen that transparent leaders have positive impact on building trust and perceived effectiveness among their followers. In the study, 304 respondants were randomly assigned to one of the four conditions of high (low) leader positivity ×high (low) leader transparency. The result of the study shows that the leader 's level of positivity and transparency impacted followers ' perceived trust and evaluations of leader effectiveness. (Norman, Avolio and Luthans, …show more content…
When the leaders are not enough transparent, the employees feels less motivated and is not productive towards achieving the organizational goals. There is an environment of disbelief and stress. Workers leave in the circumstances of uncertaininty and interdependence. These two factors represent two forces that often constraints manager’s activities. Unless managed effectively, these forces can interfere with the attainment of organizational goals. Thus, transparency in the work culture of the organization can help the managers minimize the power of the task environment over the organization and workers will be encouraged to be more innovative, decision making abilities will improve and they will be attached to the organization’s
Transparency
The global business world is going through varying degree of changes and the leaders, today, are facing the major dilema about the transparency they should maintain with the followers or co-workers. Today’s business environment is characterized by prominent examples of unethical practices and frequent mergers, acquisitions and downsizing, the followers ' trust in their organizational leaders has become an important issue. When we work for an organization, we want transparency in the workplace culture besides the need for job security and career advancement. Google Inc is a glowing example of transparency in the work culture. In the company, sharing information through weekly meeting …show more content…
Leadership in the high-involvement organization differs from traditional and control-oriented organization. Leaders external to the team have as one of their primary roles empowering group members and team themselves to self-lead and self manage. Leaders internal to the team are peer; they work alongside and simultaneously facilitate planning, organizing, directing, controlling and execution of the team’s work.
In a research study by Norman, Avolio and Luthans, “The impact of positivity and transparency on trust in leaders and their perceived effectiveness”, it is seen that transparent leaders have positive impact on building trust and perceived effectiveness among their followers. In the study, 304 respondants were randomly assigned to one of the four conditions of high (low) leader positivity ×high (low) leader transparency. The result of the study shows that the leader 's level of positivity and transparency impacted followers ' perceived trust and evaluations of leader effectiveness. (Norman, Avolio and Luthans, …show more content…
When the leaders are not enough transparent, the employees feels less motivated and is not productive towards achieving the organizational goals. There is an environment of disbelief and stress. Workers leave in the circumstances of uncertaininty and interdependence. These two factors represent two forces that often constraints manager’s activities. Unless managed effectively, these forces can interfere with the attainment of organizational goals. Thus, transparency in the work culture of the organization can help the managers minimize the power of the task environment over the organization and workers will be encouraged to be more innovative, decision making abilities will improve and they will be attached to the organization’s