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Story by Zhanna Lyubykh, Simon Fraser University; Rui Zhong, Penn State; Sandra L. Robinson, University of British Columbia; Sandy Hershcovis, University of Calgary, and The Ton Vuong, University of ...

Workplace aggression — yelling, making belittling remarks, using threats, or spreading lies or rumors — is a pervasive challenge for organizations that imposes a substantial burden at an astounding ...

Recent studies show rising incidents of workplace aggression are costing employers $2 billion each day. There’s little question that American society is more divided today than it’s been at any time ...

The hidden hostility of passive-aggressive behavior can make this style of anger expression the perfect office crime. A passive-aggressive employee’s behavior impacts the big picture of an organization ...

At a time when HR professionals and employers are facing challenges such as layoffs, quiet quitting and a potential recession, putting a check on employees' sarcasm, or the snarky tone of an email, ...

Hospital staff members experience 1.17 aggressive events — verbal and/or physical — for every 40 hours worked, with more aggression events occurring when staff have significantly greater numbers of ...

A money-management firm with a nice-guy culture was looking for an eats-nails-for-breakfast, kick-butt manager to run a new area of its portfolio. The first hire was aggressive with a capital A. In an ...

Many people quit jobs not because of income but because of incivility. Thankfully, there are ways to attract and retain ...

Those insights come in “Beyond Incivility: The Soaring Business Cost of America’s Deteriorating Civility,” an analysis recently published by corporate security research and advisory firm Security ...