On October 16, 2009
Bullying Bosses Covering for Incompetence, Science Confirms
If you’re struggling to get through a long, hard Friday, Entry-Level Rebel has a little present to cheer you up: scientific evidence that, if your boss is a jerk, he or she is probably just compensating for incompetence. In an article that surely boasts one of the most crowd-pleasing business headlines of all time, “It’s official: Your bullying boss really is an idiot,” New Scientist reports new research that confirms what harassed employees have long suspected: “Power holders feel they need to be superior and competent. When they don’t feel they can show that legitimately, they’ll show it by taking people down a notch or two,” says Nathanael Fast, a social psychologist at the University of Southern California in Los…
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