專橫老闆可能破壞員工婚姻

Bullying bosses can make life a misery in the workplace. But research shows they could also wreck a marriage。

Stress caused by an abusive manager has a major impact on an employee's partner, a study has found. This in turn affects the marital relationship and then the worker's entire family。

The report also showed that the longer a couple had been together, the less impact the abusive boss had on the family。

Some 280 employees and their partners were questioned for the study. Three-quarters had children living with them。

Bullying behaviour was classed as tantrums, rudeness and criticism in public。

Workers were asked how often they had been put down by their manager or had anger directed at them. Their partners were then asked how much tension there was at home and how often the couple argued。

Professor Merideth Ferguson, of Baylor University, in Texas, said: "It may be that as supervisor abuse heightens tension in a relationship, the employee is less motivated or able to engage in positive interactions with the partner and other family members."

The report's authors said the study highlighted the need for firms to send an unequivocal message to managers that bullying behaviour will not be tolerated。據英國《每日郵報》11月30日報道，在工作場所，總是欺侮下屬的老闆會讓員工生活變成一場苦難。但近期一項研究顯示，他們還有可能破壞下屬婚姻。

一項研究顯示，常常斥罵下屬的經理所造成的壓力會對僱員的另一半產生重大的影響。這反過來會影響婚姻關係繼而影響員工的整個家庭。

該報告還顯示，夫妻在一起的時間越久，這種慣於責罵的老闆對家庭生活的影響也就越小。

大約280名員工和他們的伴侶接受了這項研究的調查提問。其中四分之三是有孩子的家庭。

欺侮性行爲分爲愛發脾氣、粗魯以及當衆指責。

員工們被問及他們被經理鎮壓或是上司直接衝他們發火的頻率。而他們的伴侶則被詢問家庭生活中有多少矛盾，夫妻間多久爭吵一次。

德克薩斯州貝勒大學的教授梅麗德絲·弗格森教授說：“這很可能是因爲，當主管隨意責罵加劇了二者的緊張關係時，員工就會在與伴侶或其他家庭夥伴的良性互動上表現得動力不足或無法參與。”

該報告的作者表示，這項研究強調，公司需要向管理者發出明確的信息，告訴他們欺辱性的行爲是不被容忍的。