Julie Connelly had always believed the workplace to be one of the last strongholds of civility and that you could always count on people standing when a senior manager entered the room. People treated each other with respect. However, everything seemed to change, and she questioned if employees had become mad dogs in the office.
In a Forbes article, Julie Connelly proposed several reasons for the rise in workplace incivility:
• The flattening of the hierarchical structure with a focus more on teams has led to an absence of cues as to rank and seniority (e.g., to whom do we report).
• The informality of society at large has permeated the work environment and gotten twisted into self-centeredness.
• Society rewards ...
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