Leader traits are the complex of the relatively stable and continuous individual characteristics which perform in different situations.Based on the questionnaire survey on 565 ‘90s’students in college, the results showed as following:‘90s’students in college expect their future direct manager is equipped with two leader traits including ability and personality traits, and they do not show any significant difference in the preference(p>0.05); different ‘90s’college students show the same preference in the expectations of the future managers' leader traits;compared with the other traits,‘90s’students in college put more emphasis on the future manager's ability in culturing subordinates;‘90s’students in college prefer the future managers who are more amiable; now, the direct managers' leader traits can not satisfy‘90s’college students' expectations and their expectations are higher(p<0.05. According to the results, this article based on the subordinate's expectations put forward some suggestions for better managing ‘90s’college employees.