Is your boss's trust a blessing or a curse?
Business News Daily quoted Management Assistant Professor Michael Baer in their article about how an employee's relationship with their supervisor, isn't all it's cracked up to be.
A top priority for most employees is gaining the trust and confidence of their supervisors. It's generally thought that good communication with one's supervisor, enables a calmer and more efficient work environment. Yet, what if having a good relationship with one's supervisor means taking on more work? Management Assistant Professor Michael Baer commented that maintaining a good relationship doesn't always lead to a better work environment. From Business News Daily, December 7, 2015:
"One would think that enjoying a high level of trust from your supervisor would ease the inherent stresses of the job," Baer said in a statement. "But we found no direct association between feeling trusted by the boss and any relief from emotional exhaustion or resultant improvement in job performance."
Michael Baer studies trust, fairness and impression management in the workplace.
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