Abusive bosses often blame a worker's lack of effort or care for poor performance when it's their own biases that may be the problem
- Written by Zhanna Lyubykh, PhD Candidate in Organizational Behavior, University of Calgary
Managers who abuse their employees may be suffering from a perceptual bias. imtmphoto/iStock via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
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Managers may mistreat employees who perform poorly because they assume it results from a lack of diligence rather than other factors, according to research we...