It’s everyone’s dream to be his/her own boss, but only a handful of us ever get the chance to bask in this glory. Most are stuck in a grueling nine-to-five job, with quotas to meet, impossible co-workers and a hierarchy of demanding management staff to please. Ideally, we want to get along with everyone. If this is not possible, then suck it up! Smile and nod, until it’s time to clock out, or should you?
A recent study conducted by Michigan State University College of Business, provides that it is best for employees to be frank and open with their superiors, so that where the relationship between both parties is sour, there should be no pretending it is not. Both should establish this to each other’s face, but resolve to conduct business responsibilities professionally.
Published in the Academy of Management Journal, the study reveals that two hundred and eighty employee-supervisor pairs, from cashiers to managers, across several unrelated industries (automotive, retail, finance, etc) were drafted for examination. Management Researcher, Fadel Matta, who headed the study, indicated that the results were conclusive right across the board.
Thereare certain professions in which subordination to a “commanding officer” is non-negotiable,because lives are at stake: a pilot and his co-pilot; a surgeon and his team of assistant nurses; an army general and his troops. At least, that is the assumption. But research into some of the world’s deadliest airline disasters, have suggested that a break in the chain of communication between the pilot and co-pilot, and the hesitation of the latter to question the decisions of the former, may have been a significant factor in causing crashes. Commanding officers are human and subject to poor judgment.
To continue reading , purchase Vol. 7 #8 2015 issue
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It’s everyone’s dream to be his/her own boss, but only a handful of us ever get the chance to bask in this glory. Most are stuck in a grueling nine-to-five job, with quotas to meet, impossible co-workers and a hierarchy of demanding management staff to please. Ideally, we want to get along with everyone. If this is not possible, then suck it up! Smile and nod, until it’s time to clock out, or should you?
A recent study conducted by Michigan State University College of Business, provides that it is best for employees to be frank and open with their superiors, so that where the relationship between both parties is sour, there should be no pretending it is not. Both should establish this to each other’s face, but resolve to conduct business responsibilities professionally.
Published in the Academy of Management Journal, the study reveals that two hundred and eighty employee-supervisor pairs, from cashiers to managers, across several unrelated industries (automotive, retail, finance, etc) were drafted for examination. Management Researcher, Fadel Matta, who headed the study, indicated that the results were conclusive right across the board.
Thereare certain professions in which subordination to a “commanding officer” is non-negotiable,because lives are at stake: a pilot and his co-pilot; a surgeon and his team of assistant nurses; an army general and his troops. At least, that is the assumption. But research into some of the world’s deadliest airline disasters, have suggested that a break in the chain of communication between the pilot and co-pilot, and the hesitation of the latter to question the decisions of the former, may have been a significant factor in causing crashes. Commanding officers are human and subject to poor judgment.
To continue reading , purchase Vol. 7 #8 2015 issue
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