(Leadership IQ: Washington) -- Note to managers: Employees want a lot more attention and feedback from you, even if it’s sometimes negative.

According to a new study by Leadership IQ, 66 percent of employees say that they have too little interaction with their boss. In an indication that this could be driven by the recession, this number is up from 53 percent in May 2008, the last time this study was conducted.

However, employees don’t just want warm-and-fuzzy interactions. While 67 percent of employees say they get too little positive feedback, 51 percent also say they get too little constructive criticism from their boss. Perhaps most troubling is that employees who said they didn’t get enough feedback were 43-percent less likely to recommend their company to others as a great organization in which to work. 

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