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Your Incompetent Boss Is Making You Unhappy

Posted by timothy on from the doesn't-bode-well dept.

HnT writes A new working paper shows strong support for what many have always suspected: your boss's technical competence is the single strongest predictor of workers' well-being, way ahead of other factors such as education, earnings, job tenure and public vs. private sector. On top of other studies which have already demonstrated that happy workers are more productive workers (e.g. this 2012 paper.), it does make you wonder how long organizations can afford to continue promoting incompetent bosses in today's very dynamic and competitive business world.

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  1. Duh by darkain · · Score: 4, Funny

    NO SHIT. We needed a paper to tell us what we already knew? Damn, why didn't I write that paper... Here goes.

    "INCOMPETENT BOSSES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF CAPSLOCK RAGE ON THE INTERNET"

    1. Re:Duh by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Funny

      We've received your concerns, and our reply will be arriving on a pink slip shortly.

    2. Re:Duh by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

      Joke's on you, I'm self-employed! That means I'm my own stupid boss!

      Oh wait.

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    3. Re:Duh by jellomizer · · Score: 3, Funny

      If you are dead, you don't know you are dead but all the people you know are effected from your death.

      The same is true with Stupidity.
      Your Incompetent boss doesn't know that he is incompetent, yet we all suffer from this.

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  2. In further shocking news... by cogeek · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fire is hot, water is wet!

  3. Re:Soylent blue is managers! MAAAANAGGGERSS!! by gstoddart · · Score: 3, Funny

    And what are we supposed to do with these incompetents if we can't promote them out to management?

    Something about a B Ark ...

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