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Your job performance may depend on your relationship with your boss

Michigan Public | By Steve Carmody
Published November 24, 2014 at 8:25 PM EST
Good or bad, your relationship with your boss may effect your job performance, but not necessarily the way you would expect
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Good or bad, your relationship with your boss may effect your job performance, but not necessarily the way you would expect

Having trouble with your boss?

Good or bad, your relationship with your boss may effect your job performance, but not necessarily the way you would expect
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Good or bad, your relationship with your boss may effect your job performance, but not necessarily the way you would expect

A new Michigan State University studysuggests your job performance will improve if you and your boss can at least “see eye to eye.”

MSU researchers say employers and employees understanding their relationship issues is more important that the quality of the relationship.

The study of 280 employees and their bosses found job motivation suffered when an employee believed he or she had a good relationship with the boss but the boss saw it differently.

Employee motivation was higher when the worker and supervisor saw eye-to-eye about the relationship, even when it was poor.

The study appears in the Academy of Management Journal.

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Steve Carmody
Steve Carmody has been a reporter for Michigan Radio since 2005. Steve previously worked at public radio and television stations in Florida, Oklahoma and Kentucky, and also has extensive experience in commercial broadcasting. During his two and a half decades in broadcasting, Steve has won numerous awards, including accolades from the Associated Press and Radio and Television News Directors Association. Away from the broadcast booth, Steve is an avid reader and movie fanatic. Q&A
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