Why Managers Abuse Two reasons compel managers to abuse subordinates, according to Hare. The other is from the internal source that is an accumulation of past injuries that they now have an opportunity to offload. Hare attributes these injuries to childhood shaming experiences suffered by the manager that continue to manifest through school and into adulthood. So when they move into their profession, they have an opportunity to unload their shame on other people. Origins of Shame Hare describes two origins of shame that supervisors offload onto subordinates.
Shame accumulates, and the child develops a sense of self-worthlessness.
Managers who use this were often severely corrected as children. As managers they become highly abusive toward employees. According to Hare, shame and self-worth issues play major roles in these individuals' drives to become managers. They climb the social status scale, placing themselves in a position of superiority and self-entitlement. Even most therapists won't admit it.