Is Your Boss’ Behavior Bizarre? Voice of Subordinates

People leave managers and not companies. A bad supervisor or boss can turn a potential dream job of an employee into a nightmare. Several studies have ascertained that the number one reason why people quit their jobs, and reason for their unhappiness at work is a bad boss or immediate supervisor. The purpose of the present study is to analyze and rank the disliked traits of bosses by Indian employees and understand the role of gender and educational background in the perception of employees’ dislike of the aforesaid traits. The sample consisted of a total of 104 management graduates from various management institutes in India. The findings suggest that deceitful behavior is the most disliked behavior by the subordinates, followed by shouting before others and degrading subordinates, respectively, while refusal to delegate is the least disliked by subordinates. The results of the study also showed that there is no significant difference between the perceptions of men and women subordinates as well as based on their educational background regarding the disliked traits of bosses