Hamburg  - A survey among junior managers in Germany has found that a majority believe their bosses do not listen to what they say.

Only one in six (17 per cent) described their superiors as "very good listeners," according to the poll taken among 400 managers by the Management Leadership Academy in the town of Ueberlingen on Lake Constance.

Many of the managers said work appraisals by their bosses were poor. Only one in eight (12 per cent) was completely satisfied with feedback from the top. Around 44 per cent said feedback was "good".

The way a boss exercises criticism was a sore point with most of the junior managers. Less than one in 10 respondents (around 9 per cent) thought the boss was "very good" at handing down bad marks.

Around 42 per cent of those asked conceded that the boss was "good" at adopting the right critical tone. (dpa)