Keeping boss happy fast tracks upward mobility
June 10th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANSWashington, June 10 (IANS) Savvy career minded individuals know that keeping the boss happy can fast track them on the corporate ladder.
They are also likely to bypass psychological distress that assails others less clued into their workplace behaviour.
Ostracized employees experience more job tension, emotional exhaustion and depressed mood at work, reports the Journal of Management Studies.
Previous studies have shown that ostracism can lead to psychological distress, which is strongly linked to life distress, employee turnover and poor physical health, according to the study.
Workplace ostracism - an adult form of bullying - is often described as an individual’s belief that they are ignored or excluded by superiors or colleagues at the workplace.
“Our data confirmed that workplace ostracism was positively related to psychological distress,” explains study co-author Ho Kwong Kwan of Drexel University, US, according to a Drexel statement.
“We found that ingratiation neutralized the relationship between workplace ostracism and psychological distress when used by employees with a high level of political skill, but exacerbated the association when ingratiation was used by employees with low political savvy,” he says.
A 2005 survey of 262 employees from two oil and gas companies in China, found that over a five-year period, 66 percent of respondents felt they were systematically ignored by colleagues, and 29 percent reported that other people intentionally left the area when they entered.
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