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Bosses seen in poor light

"Employees don't leave their job; they leave their boss"

Florida: Nearly two of five bosses do not keep their word and more than a fourth bad mouth those they supervise to co-workers, a university study shows.

And those all-too-common poor managers create plenty of problems for companies as well, leading to poor morale and less production , the Florida State University study says. "They say that employees don't leave their job or company, they leave their boss," said Wayne Hochwarter, an associate professor in the College of Business at the University, who joined with two doctoral students at the school to survey more than 700 people working in a variety of jobs about how their bosses treat them. "No abuse should be taken lightly, especially when it becomes a criminal act," he said . Workers should know where to turn if threatened, or discriminated against.

— AP

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