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El comportamiento del jefe le resulta chocante.

El comportamiento del jefe le resulta chocante.
The boss's behavior seems shocking to her.
From Lesson 486:Subjective impressions (resultar)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El comportamiento del jefe le resulta chocante.

Why use resulta instead of parece in this sentence?
In this structure, resultar acts as a subjective evaluative verb. It is very similar to parecer (to seem), but resultar often highlights an impression formed from direct experience or realization, like saying it 'proves to be' or 'turns out to be' shocking to her.
Why do we need the pronoun le here?
When resultar is used to express a subjective opinion, it structurally behaves like the verb gustar. The indirect object pronoun le tells us who is receiving the impression. The behavior isn't just shocking in general; it is shocking to her.
Does chocante mean shocking as in surprising, or something else?
It can mean surprising or startling, but in Latin American Spanish, chocante is also very commonly used to describe someone or something that is highly annoying, unpleasant, or irritating. The boss's behavior might simply be deeply off-putting to her.
If we were talking about multiple bosses, would resulta change to resultan?
No, because the subject of the sentence is el comportamiento (the behavior), which is singular. The verb resulta agrees with the behavior, not the bosses. If the subject were plural, like his words (sus palabras), then it would change to le resultan chocantes.

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