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Artz, Benjamin, Goodall, Amanda H. and Oswald, Andrew J. (2020) How common are bad bosses? Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 59 (1). pp. 3-39. doi:10.1111/irel.12247 ISSN 0019-8676.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irel.12247
Abstract
Bosses play a fundamental role in workplaces. Yet, almost nothing is known about an important and basic question in labor economics and industrial relations. Are the right people promoted to be supervisors, team leaders, and managers? The infamous Peter Principle claims that incompetent bosses are likely to be all around us, but is that true? This article provides the first statistically representative international estimates—taking comparable data on thirty‐five nations—of the extent to which employees have “bad bosses.” Using a natural measure, the article calculates that approximately 13 percent of Europe’s workers have a bad boss. Such bosses are most common in large organizations, in organizations without employee‐representation committees, in the transport sector, and where workers themselves have no supervisory responsibility. Last, the article offers a practical finding as a potential aid to human resource training and hiring. Contrary to media portrayals, bad bosses are rated least bad on “respect for workers” and worst on their ability to get the job done. Lack of competence, not lack of consideration, appears to be the key problem.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Supervisors, Managing your boss , Middle managers, Office management , Job satisfaction | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society | ||||||||
| Publisher: | IRLE | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0019-8676 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | January 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 59 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 3-39 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/irel.12247 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Artz, B., Goodall, A.H. and Oswald, A.J. (2020), How Common Are Bad Bosses?. Ind Relat, 59: 3-39, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irel.12247. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions." | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 March 2020 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 January 2022 |
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