Supervisory Practices in the Transportation/ Logistics Industry

摘要

To date, leadership development has received vastly more attention from researchers than issues related to supervisors. Yet effective supervisors have much to do with employee retention-a major concern for employers. Literature on selecting, training, developing, and promoting supervisors in the transportation! logistic industry is particularly scant. Based on available research, interviews with four industry representatives, and initial feedback from experts and graduate business students, the authors developed a survey instrument based on five questions. This was sent to 480 supervisors and managers. To date, almost 100 results have been received, of which 80% are in the trucking industry. Insights gained from the survey will be provided in a follow-up article and should provide much needed data and guidance for issues concerning supervisors in this industry.