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.

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 ...

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 ...