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Skip-level meetings may win bypassed managers' support, but how they are done matters
Source: Phys.org · Published

Skip-level meetings (SLMs) seem common in some work environments but unheard of and norm-breaking in others. They entail both benefits and risks for employees, bypassed and skip-level managers, and organizations. Their effects also depend on context, as my qualitative exploratory study, published in IEEE Engineering Management Review, suggested.
Key points
- Skip-level meetings (SLMs) seem common in some work environments but unheard of and norm-breaking in others.
- They entail both benefits and risks for employees, bypassed and skip-level managers, and organizations.
- Their effects also depend on context, as my qualitative exploratory study, published in IEEE Engineering Management Review, suggested.
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