Most research on reasons why employees hate their job is typically directed towards a single culprit: their manager. But employee engagement expert James Adonis asks, could it be some employees are in fact the cause of their boss’ bad behaviour? That’s the premise of a fresh study, the findings of which are due to be published next month, run by a global team of scholars from Curtin University. The results of the study revealed employees are not always “powerless individuals who are under the control of their leader” and it is a misperception to assume they are “solely passive victims”. At times...