# Skip-level meetings may win bypassed managers' support, but how they are done matters

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-27T02:40:01+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-bypassed.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/skip-level-meetings-may-win-bypassed-managers-support-but-how-they-are-55bf89/

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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