How do young employees trust their supervisors

Abstract

There has been a lot of talk about young employee’s wellbeing in the workplace and also generally their wellbeing. There are many factors, that may hinder a young employee's wellbeing, it may be stress, personal issues, societal issues, and relationship issues. The purpose of this thesis is to identify how does young employees’ trust relationship towards their supervisor affect their well-being and motivation towards work. The objective is to find how much does the trust relationship affect and how common is it in organizations. This thesis is an independent research, with no commissionaire.

Different studies and articles were utilized to first understand how important mu tual trust is in the organization and also mutual trust between employees and their supervisors. An online questionnaire was made, that targeted 20-28-year olds. They were reached out to by utilizing social media and the thesis writers own personal contacts. Quantitative method was utilized in making of the online questionnaire and a total of 34 responses to the questionnaire. There was a few background questions and questions about trust towards the young employee’s supervisor.

The results of this thesis came out to be, that most young employees have a mutual trust with their supervisor, but young female employees have more trust issues compared to male responders. The responders who have trust issues also show that it negatively impacts their wellbeing and also motivation towards work. Furthermore more, nearly half of the respondents have had trust issues with their supervisors throughout their career. There is a need for further qualitative studies to further identify in what way trust is lacking between the two parties. Additionally, recommendation for organizations to tackle trust issues and expand on their supervisor training.