PAYIN' THE COST

Study Says Anyone Can Be a Boss (JENNIFER PETER, Jul 4, 2003, Associated Press)

According to the research, which will be published in the October edition of the Journal of Personality, most people can fit comfortably into a leadership role, but not everyone is cut out to be a subordinate. [...]

Bosses, said [Judith Hall, a Northeastern psychology professor who conducted the stud], should not take offense at the study, which finds just about everyone could step into their shoes.

"We didn't actually measure the quality of the performance," Hall said.

Especially given the Peter Principle, does anyone who has, or has ever had, a boss doubt this? Posted by Orrin Judd at July 6, 2003 7:14 AM