THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, October 17, 1995 TAG: 9510170378
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LON WAGNER, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
Apparently, pretty well.
More than three-quarters of the employees surveyed rated the management ability of their immediate supervisor as ``adequate or better,'' according to a Gallup Organization poll done for accountants on call.
Of course, your reading of the survey hinges on an interpretation. While 44 percent of those surveyed rated their boss as very effective, 34 percent rated their immediate supervisor as ``somewhat effective,'' a term that could be somewhat insulting.
Only 15 percent, though, reported that their boss was less than effective. Seven percent didn't answer the question.
Unlike many surveys where gender, educational level or income might factor into a person's response, the accountants on call results show the primary difference to be regional. Fifty-two percent of workers in the South gave their boss a high rating, a larger percentage than in any other region.
Apparently, the less a person sees the boss the better the rating. Part-time workers favored their bosses 52 percent of the time, while full-time workers gave high rankings 43 percent of the time.
Just so bosses will know who the troublemakers are, workers in the 30-49 age bracket were the least likely to give their manager a good rating. Workers over 50 were more likely than any other age group to give the boss a positive rating.
One thing not mentioned in the survey is whether with the advent of terms such as ``project leader,'' ``team leader'' and ``coach,'' the term ``boss'' will be around in the future.
To avoid confusion, accountants on call defined the job when it asked people ``to rate your boss, that is, the person who you report to . . .'' by CNB