Some bosses thrive on humiliating employees


By AGENCY

Some managers use shouting and humiliation as tools to enforce compliance or assert their authority. — Photography AnVr / Getty Images, via ETX Daily Up

You might think that abusive bosses act out of anger or stress. Think again. An American study reveals that some of them deliberately mistreat their teams to assert their authority or boost performance. And, contrary to what you might think, they feel no remorse.

From offices to construction sites, toxic management poisons many professional environments with behavior like shouting, humiliation, inappropriate comments and more.

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