题目

It has probably happened to you: You are in a meeting, but your boss is totally distracted by their phone — drawn away by the latest ping of an email or text message, or scrolling a news feed. The phenomenon is called boss phubbing," which is when a supervisor snubs (冷落) an employee in favor of his mobile phone when they are meeting. And two researchers of marketing at Baylor University have found that this behavior undermines trust and engagement in the workplace.Their research drew on survey responses from 413 supervisors and employees. The participants were asked to respond to statements that measured degrees of boss phubbing. The researchers found that boss phubbing negatively impacts employees' trust in their supervisor, which in turn negatively affects the employee's feeling that their work is meaningful, that they have the necessary resources to do their job, and that they are in a safe working environment. All this in turn leads to decreased employee engagement and productivity.Employees who experience boss phubbing, they wrote, "are less likely to feel that their work is valuable to their own professional growth." In addition, "employees who work under the supervision of an untrusted, phubbing supervisor tend to have lower confidence in their own ability to carry out their job, which negatively impacts engagement."

It has probably happened to you: You are in a meeting, but your boss is totally distracted by their phone — drawn away by the latest ping of an email or text message, or scrolling a news feed. The phenomenon is called boss phubbing," which is when a supervisor snubs (冷落) an employee in favor of his mobile phone when they are meeting. And two researchers of marketing at Baylor University have found that this behavior undermines trust and engagement in the workplace.Their research drew on survey responses from 413 supervisors and employees. The participants were asked to respond to statements that measured degrees of boss phubbing. The researchers found that boss phubbing negatively impacts employees' trust in their supervisor, which in turn negatively affects the employee's feeling that their work is meaningful, that they have the necessary resources to do their job, and that they are in a safe working environment. All this in turn leads to decreased employee engagement and productivity.Employees who experience boss phubbing, they wrote, "are less likely to feel that their work is valuable to their own professional growth." In addition, "employees who work under the supervision of an untrusted, phubbing supervisor tend to have lower confidence in their own ability to carry out their job, which negatively impacts engagement."

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答案

“老板低头族”是指老板在与员工开会时过度关注手机，而冷落员工的行为。贝勒大学的研究表明，这种行为会损害员工对老板的信任，进而降低员工的幸福感、工作意义感和安全感，最终导致员工敬业度和生产力下降。研究还发现，经历过“老板低头族”的员工不太可能认为自己的工作对个人职业发展有价值，并且更容易对自己完成工作的能力失去信心。

解析

步骤 1：理解“老板低头族”现象
“老板低头族”是指在与员工开会时，老板过度关注手机，而冷落员工的行为。这种行为会损害员工对老板的信任，进而降低员工的幸福感、工作意义感和安全感，最终导致员工敬业度和生产力下降。

步骤 2：研究方法
贝勒大学的研究人员通过调查413名主管和员工的反馈，来衡量“老板低头族”现象的程度。研究发现，这种行为会负面影响员工对主管的信任，进而影响员工对工作的意义感、资源的可用性和工作环境的安全感。

步骤 3：研究结果
研究结果表明，经历过“老板低头族”的员工不太可能认为自己的工作对个人职业发展有价值，并且更容易对自己完成工作的能力失去信心。这进一步导致员工敬业度和生产力下降。