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