Check out the link below for more evidence that bad employee performance is driven by poor management. We can only afford to expect the best from each other.

Link: EBF Articles on Europe Business Management Economics & Strategy.

bosses who think they can mask their real opinions of subordinates should think again. Under-rated employees can read their minds; they can feel the underconfidence. Does it matter that subordinates can discern their boss’s low expectations? Research suggests that it matters a great deal, both in terms of effort and performance. There is clearly a strong link between expectations and employee performance.

In the rest of the article, the authors give tips for managers to avoid denigrating employees, but most of it is obvious stuff like, giving mostly negative feedback, double-checking work, not using or crediting their ideas, and other signs of distrust. However, they mention to more insidious behaviors that I can catch in myself sometimes.

• Giving unneeded advice, especially suggesting the obvious, and
• Pressuring co-workers to conform rather than letting them make a few mistakes.