Worker wellbeing | Poor managers bad for employee mental health, study shows

A new report by the CIPD shows a direct link between poor managers and negative mental health, job satisfaction and performance amongst workers.

In response, the CIPD is highlighting the need for better people manager selection and development to ensure managers have the skills needed to effectively lead and support their teams.

Its report, The importance of people management, draws on data from the CIPD’s annual Good Work Index, which asked employees to rate their managers on a range of people management behaviours*.

The results were then used to create a line manager quality index, to analyse whether employees’ perception of line management behaviour was linked to their job satisfaction, wellbeing and performance.