2023 Voice of the Workforce
Supervisor Support
Intentions to quit have been linked to satisfaction with supervisor support (Eisenberger, Stinglhamber, Vandenberghe, Sucharski, & Rhoades, 2002; Maertz, Griffeth, Campbell, & Allen, 2007). We often hear the phrase “you don’t quit your job, you quit your boss.” We predicted that many employees may fall victim to what we call an “unintentional bad boss,” which is a supervisor who may have been recently promoted into his/her first managerial position but hasn’t had the development and coaching, or experience needed to be an effective leader. In Figure 22, we see that most respondents indicated they believe their supervisor strives to be a good leader and believe they have the skills needed to lead. When it comes to providing workers what they need in order to do their job well, results were mixed indicating that this may be an area of opportunity.
Figure 22. Source: OSU Center for the Future of Work, 2023 Voice of the Workforce study
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