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Toxic workplaces are created by the actions of toxic employers or employees; that is, individuals who are motivated by personal gain, whether driven by power, money, fame, or special status, utilize unethical means or behaviors to psychologically manipulate, belittle, or frustrate those around them, or divert attention away from their personal inadequate performance or misdeeds.
This can be due to the manipulative behaviors, low empathy, and self-focused motives that individuals high in Machiavellianism may exude in their workplaces. [13] As a result of being potential victims of these behaviors, employees may experience a lack of trust, higher levels of stress, and a lower sense of commitment to the workplace. [13]
Counterproductive work behavior (CWB) is employee's behavior that goes against the legitimate interests of an organization. [ 1 ] This behavior can harm the organization, other people within it, and other people and organizations outside it, including employers, other employees, suppliers, clients, patients and citizens.
These behaviors can have serious consequences, including reduced productivity, increased stress, and decreased morale. Workplace aggression can be classified as either active or passive. [6] [7] [8] Active aggression is direct, overt, and obvious. It involves behaviors such as yelling, swearing, threatening, or physically attacking someone.
Workplace incivility has been defined as low-intensity deviant behavior with ambiguous intent to harm the target. Uncivil behaviors are characteristically rude and discourteous, displaying a lack of regard for others. [1] The authors hypothesize there is an "incivility spiral" in the workplace made worse by "asymmetric global interaction". [1]
Workplace deviance is also closely related to abusive supervision. Abusive supervision is defined as the "subordinates' perceptions of the extent to which their supervisors engage in the sustained display of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviors". [3]
Rapidly shift between emotions – used to manipulate people or cause high anxiety; Intentionally isolate persons from organizational resources; Quick to blame others for mistakes or for incomplete work even though they are guilty; Encourage co-workers to torment, alienate, harass, and/or humiliate other peers; Take credit for others ...
When people show less interest in their work. When people show destructive behavior against their colleagues. [4] When people do not appreciate their colleague's success. These are the examples of counterproductive behavior that people confront in their daily life. A way to counteract this unproductive behavior is to address the principle that ...