In the Canberra Times today, researchers have shown ties between today’s managers and behaviours found in the animal world. 

The research is based on hundreds of interviews with managers and employees in hospitals, but lead researcher Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, from the Institute of Health Innovation, said the findings were true for all industries. He says it shows the prehistoric behaviours, such as male domination, protecting what is perceived as their ”turf” and ostracising those who do not agree with the group. 

”What we found was universal animalistic displays of power, masculinity, sexuality and authority that seem to be hard-wired in,” Professor Braithwaite said.