CHAPTER 11

Employees Leave Bosses

Supervision, Leadership, and Employee Turnover

There is a common adage that employees leave supervisors, not companies. Having read this far you can probably guess that the relationship is a bit more complex than the saying would have you believe. It is important for employees to know that they have the support of their immediate supervisor as well as the organization as a whole. In this chapter, we look at the importance of supervisor support in managing employee turnover as well as the role of organizational support. To end the chapter, we take a brief look at the interactive relationship between supervisor support and organizational support in managing employee turnover.

Principle 1: Supervisor Support Is ...

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