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Supervisors Driven by Bottom Line Fail to Get Top Performance from Employees, Baylor Study Says

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 29 2019, @01:52PM   
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Supervisors driven by bottom line fail to get top performance from employees: 'Bottom-line mentality' can lead to loss of employee respect and loyalty, research shows

Supervisors driven by profits could actually be hurting their coveted bottom lines by losing the respect of their employees, who counter by withholding performance, according to a new study led by Baylor University.

The study, "The Influence of Supervisor Bottom-Line Mentality and Employee Bottom-Line Mentality on Leader-Member Exchange and Subsequent Employee Performance," is published in the journal Human Relations.

"Supervisors who focus only on profits to the exclusion of caring about other important outcomes, such as employee well-being or environmental or ethical concerns, turn out to be detrimental to employees," said lead researcher Matthew Quade, Ph.D., assistant professor of management in Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business. "This results in relationships that are marked by distrust, dissatisfaction and lack of affection for the supervisor. And ultimately, that leads to employees who are less likely to complete tasks at a high level and less likely to go above and beyond the call of duty."

While other studies have examined the impact of bottom-line mentality (BLM) on employee behavior, Quade said this is the first to identify why employees respond with negative behaviors to supervisors they perceive to have BLM.

Matthew J Quade, Benjamin D McLarty, Julena M Bonner. The influence of supervisor bottom-line mentality and employee bottom-line mentality on leader-member exchange and subsequent employee performance. Human Relations, 2019; 001872671985839 DOI: 10.1177/0018726719858394

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• have they independently discovered have they independently discovered (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 29 2019, @02:46PM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 29 2019, @02:46PM (#872651)

  Capitalist alienation?

  Or is this evidence to support or at least quantify the theory of alienation [wikipedia.org] of the working class under capitalism?

  "The capitalist class pretends to pay me, and I pretend to work."

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• Re:have they independently discovered (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Monday July 29 2019, @03:27PM

  by ikanreed (3164) on Monday July 29 2019, @03:27PM (#872673) Journal

  The answer seems to be no, on the basis that the researchers think different management styles produce different results. The marxist idea of alienation is described as an inevitability of capitalism existing and progressing. The concept and the findings don't mesh especially well at face value.

  I see what you're getting at though, that the drive for profit sucks and doesn't even achieve its own end.

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• Re:have they independently discovered Re:have they independently discovered (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 30 2019, @05:42AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 30 2019, @05:42AM (#873028)

  "The capitalist class government pretends to pay me, and I pretend to work." The only time I've ever heard that phrase was from a friend who lived in Russia. There have been quite a few such comments on various websites lately. I wonder why.

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  • Re:have they independently discovered (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @04:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @04:15PM (#874688)

    The explanation is simple: I borrowed it from them. Sufficiently advanced capitalism is (can qualify with "mostly" if autism) indistinguishable from Stalinism. The most salient ones being an unelected and unaccountable ruling elite and a working class that lacks political power.

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