Some people in the building, afraid that management might try to evict them for their activism, dropped out.
And companies are likely to put more emphasis on having directors who are not afraid to challenge management, if necessary.
I worked about 30 minutes parsing their financial statements but avoided contact with US Airways' management, afraid I'd bang out my position if I talked with them on operational issues.
Paul Cadario, a former senior manager at the World Bank and a strong critic of Kim, said the survey is the latest signal that employees are afraid of top management.
"Our top management is afraid of exporting brain jobs to China," Mr. Matsuo said.
We would ask what it is that Sky management were afraid of that they couldn't face questions from their own staff.
Charles of the Ritz wanted to spray his toilet water "Summertime" through the air conditioning system but the Garden management was afraid of what would happen if it blew around upstairs during the prizefights.
There may be an honest difference of opinion or it may be that the company's management is afraid that the release of unfavorable information would reflect badly on the company.
He's not afraid to challenge the management team when the need arises and has helped us to understand better ways to develop the code we sell to our customers.
I don't think the management were afraid of what you read about us back home, but of how it gets twisted when it comes back to this land of other people's ideas.
