Creative bosses 'negative' according to survey
Almost 60 percent of the UK's creative industries workforce think the dominant management style within their organisation is negative, according to research by the Chartered Management Industry.
A survey of 5,000 people found the three most common management styles within creative industries' workplaces to be authoritarian (22 percent), reactive (22 per cent) and bureaucratic (15 per cent). Only 6.5 percent describe their bosses as innovative and just four percent think senior staff within their organisation are trusting.
Ruth Spellman, chief executive of CMI, said: "It is an embarrassment for the creative industries that 59 per cent of companies’ management style is seen to be negative by the people that know them best – their employees. And in case bosses think this doesn’t matter as long as they are turning a profit, think again.
"Goodwill and engagement among employees doesn’t only improve people’s working lives but it adds to the bottom line – in productivity, retention rates and customer loyalty. Negativity breeds negativity and if we are serious about pushing the UK towards economic recovery, we need more businesses that are innovative, accessible and empowering.”
CMI also asked people working in the creative industries to consider who, among those key figures vying for votes in the forthcoming general election, they would rather be managed by.
David Cameron was the most popular choice, for more than a third of those asked (48 percent) with Nick Clegg in second, securing support from 20 percent, closely followed by Gordon Brown with 17 percent and Caroline Lucas (15 per cent).