With a boss from hell, it's not just fight or flight
Employees can gain leverage by increasing their value to the leader, and form allies in the workplace
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IF YOU have a boss who especially hates your guts, the common assumption is that the only option you have is either to quit, or hope you outlast your superior a la Survivor-style.
But new research by a Singaporean academic based in the US has found that there are other paths that workers can take that that does not involve fighting to the death.
According to Elijah Wee, Assistant Professor of management at the University of Washington, there are two strategies that workers can employ: the first is for employees to gain leverage by increasing their value to the leader, and the second is to form allies in the workplace.
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