Insubordination is difficult -- if not impossible -- to define. Classifying insubordinate behavior by describing the way one employee responds to a supervisor's order doesn't work for all employees.

Insubordination is an employee's disregard of an employer's request. Examples of insubordination are an employee's refusal, for non-for religious reasons, to work on his scheduled day off, ignoring a ...

The ousting of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, sheds light on how even in the White House, insubordination can be an intolerable workplace issue. McChrystal’s ...

A worker in Spain may have thought she was proving her commitment by showing up to work up to 40 minutes before her shift every day. Instead, she was fired – and a court backed the employer. The real ...