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A scary boss – loses his temper, screams in his subordinates, and works – bad for everyone.
At that point, the research is clear. Still, some bosses continue to act, perpetuating the legacy of the tongue assaults of management, from Steve Jobs to Gordon Ramsay to Donald Trump.
A team of researchers decided to find out why.
Here’s what they found: Many toxic bosses thrive with bullying. They believe their tirad helps the organization rather than hurting it. They can ridicule employees in front of all the staff and feel better the next day.
“We’ve seen a lot of effort into the business of business,” said Joanna Lynn, associate professor at the University of Georgia’s Terry University Business.
Lin and two colleagues included their findings in a new article published online in the Journal of Management in May.
According to Lin and other executive experts, past research has proven that bullying bosses cause more harm than good.
Mariam Kushaki, professor of management and organization at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, said: She was not involved in the new paper.
In such cases, toxic bosses often find their bad behavior legal and fulfill a valuable goal. Let the workers be shaped.
Why are bosses bullied?
Lin said most scholars assume that toxic bosses act unintentionally and accidentally.
“Previous research assumes that leaders are involved in these behaviors because they are depleted because they don’t get enough sleep,” Lynn said.
New research explores completely different hypotheses. Perhaps some bosses act intentionally.
Some managers discovered by researchers have turned to verbal abuse when employees feel they are stagnant or have substandard work. The boss also turns on the workers because he feels his authority is being threatened. They accuse him to re-claim, “I’m the boss here,” Lynn said.
Bosses who verbally abuse employees because they are tired or burned out generally feel sick about it, researchers found. In contrast, bosses assaulting workers to line up side-by-side often feel a sense of accomplishment.
Other scholars welcomed this study.
Adam Galinsky, professor at the Columbia Business School and author of a new book on leadership, said:
The abusive boss “feels better because he feels like he thinks his boss should act,” Galinsky said. “Their actions often have very immediate and transparent short-term consequences.”
Do abusive bosses get consequences?
You could pause your tongue from your supervisor and increase your pace, at least while your boss is watching.
“It may work in the short term,” said Rick Lalik, professor of management and organization at Duke University’s Fuqua Business School. “You work so hard when you’re scared and someone is staring at you and screaming at you.”
But it won’t work for a long time. In the long run, researchers say toxic bosses break down many of the most valuable qualities in workers: creativity. Leadership. dedication. Honesty. Ultimately, the bully boss drives out good employees.
“Punishment strategies are good in the short term and bad in the long term because people want to get out of the situation and try to avoid that person and their job,” said Lalik, who is not part of the new paper.
Speaking of work, Lalik and other experts believe that many abusive bosses take clues from tough-talking corporate icons, including President Trump and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Trump’s social media rants are legendary. His work had an infamous temperament.
“Everyone thinks, ‘Well, we should copy Steve’s work,'” Larick said.
They forget that Steve Jobs is a generation of technical geniuses.
“Steve Jobs was successful despite the fact that he beat people,” Larick said. “You’re allowed to beat people,” he joked, “as long as you’re as smart as Steve Jobs.”
Popular Culture Celebrates Caustic Boss
Literature, television and film provide countless examples of abusive bosses that make it bigger. Reality shows like Gordon Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen” are built around temperamental bosses, even if much of the abuse is for the show. The basketball documentary “The Last Dance” depicts Hoops Legend Michael Jordan laughing and denounces his Chicago Bulls teammates, even if he leads him to a historic victory.
Workers may endure a garbage-filled supervisor who can score 69 points in a basketball game. However, in the hands of the average craftsman boss, the same behavior tends to be flattened.
“I think it’s that combination of you being abusive and you’re not taking a walk yourself,” said Duke’s Larik.
All of the examples above include men, but a new study found that female bosses are equally toxic.
“Anyone can engage in these actions,” Lynn said.
This study is based on a study of hundreds of supervisors from various fields. At one point, Lynn and her colleagues followed the actions of the abusive boss on 15 consecutive times. They found an impressive example of managers who justify abusive behaviour.
The boss of the study states, “Some people don’t know how to work hard, while others need to hear harsh words to get out of being lazy.”
Another supervisor admitted to screaming at his subordinate who had not heard the instructions. “I didn’t get along well with him,” my boss said.
The point of the study, Lynn said, is to explain why so many bosses stick to toxic behavior despite ample evidence that they can poison the workplace.
“We all know that it won’t work,” Lynn said. “It’s important for leaders to acknowledge that.”
