Most jokes about bosses are generally bad. Movies like “HorribleBosses” and TV shows such as “The Office” immortalize the roles oftoxic employers and poorly treated employees.

Research by the Workforce Institute at Kronos Inc. debunks muchof the bad-boss image just before National Boss’s Day, which isWednesday.

The Workforce Institute survey found 69 percent of employees whohave managers believe their managers set a good example in the waythey behave, agreeing they are ethical, honest, collaborative,creative, empowering, innovative, dedicated and trustworthy.

A whopping 92 percent of those who believe this to be true alsobelieve their managers adhere to those values on a regularbasis.

“The results of this survey shatter the stereotype of theclownish boss made popular by countless sitcoms and movies. Anoverwhelming majority of employees are actually saying quite theopposite: they believe their managers set a good example withtheir behavior and adhere to values that are important in a healthycorporate culture,” said David Creelman, chief executive officer ofCreelman Research, a global human capital consulting firm.

When asked to rank the three most important attributes of a goodmanager, honesty was the strong front runner (78 percent), followedby goal-oriented (44 percent), and compassionate (40 percent).

Sixty-one percent of survey respondents also chose a manager whowould invest in their professional development over one who investsin programs to make the work environment more fun.

When it comes to being recognized, 43 percent of employeesprefer private, individual praise, while 32 percent favored praisefrom their manager’s manager and 25 percent expressed interest inbeing praised in front of their peers.

The survey also revealed that American millenials are not asdifferent from previous generations as other surveys and mediaaccounts have led us to believe.

Their preferences – for individual recognition, investment inprofessional development over fun work programs, and high-achievingbut demanding manager over a nice-but-ineffective manager – are thesame as previous generations within the workforce.

“In recent years, we’ve been hearing that millennials willcompletely change the workplace. Significant shifts are clearlyunder way, but this research reveals workers who are earlier intheir career don’t differ significantly from other generations inthe workforce in how they want to be managed and motivated by theirboss,” said Joyce Maroney, director of the Workforce Institute.