It’s hard not to notice when a toxic coworker comes barreling through the office door. However, that’s the least frequent part of a workplace dynamic. Bad boss behavior is much more common than you ...

We all know that toxic workplaces cause harm. Burnout, exhaustion, mental health issues, physical health issues and, eventually, people leave the company in droves. Hiring/onboarding costs rise, and ...

What would you guess most employees do when they witness disruptive behavior at work? If you said “nothing,” you’d be right. This was a key finding of the recent study, Why US Workers Remain Silent ...

Instances of incivility aren't just happening out in the world. They're creeping into the workplace too, and the price for bad behavior is severe. Allowing toxic behavior to go unchecked results in ...

The second article in this two-part series looks at how employees can best handle a toxic boss, and how employers can and should intervene if they spot trouble. Sadly, most people have worked under a ...

Proactive work behavior has become a central construct in organizational psychology, reflecting employees’ capacity to anticipate, initiate, and enact ...

It is often easy to see the harmful behaviors that create a toxic workplace. However, as with all relationships, sometimes the red flags are only obvious in hindsight — this is especially true for ...

I have met some naughty cats. I have also known some misunderstood ones. I asked my friend Chris Barry why humans are sometimes like that, too. He is a psychologist at Washington State University. He ...

Let’s face it. Every workplace is full of organizational politics – people trying to get ahead, to get an advantage. The competitive workplace compels us to engage in self-serving behavior as we ...